King's Cross station and all the blues (Angel Islington, Euston Road and Pentonville Road)

With the browns completed it will now time to attack the first of 4 stations and also do the blues all in one as they were all within 10 minutes of each other although because I am such an honest person I decided to do it in the order they come on the board so I went back on myself quite a few times.

King's Cross Station

The walk to King's Cross was long and on one of the hottest days of the year so far. Got to go past the BT tower and go right up to where the entrance is, the number of times I have seen it from all over London but never went to the base of it, was quite interesting and the bottom part of the tower was a bit boring.

Once at King's Cross the photo was easy to get as there was a giant sign over the station and the first part of my day was done.

The Angel Islington


The Angel Islington was a tricky one on the board, it was the only place on the board that wasn't named after a road so I spent a whole hour doing research on it the day before and the story behind it is very interesting. When the people that brought the rights to use Monopoly from USA to the UK they decided that the USA properties wouldn't be popular enough in the UK so they journeyed to London to find places which were suitable. They all met at the tea rooms in Angel and were so pleased where they met and enjoyed their surroundings that they decided that the place would be on the Monopoly board.
Due to this there would be no road sign so I would have to find something else to use. I came upon a new article from 2004 which stated that a plaque was laid to commemorate the building and let the building be recognised. Looking on google maps I tried to find the plaque and thought it would be on the outside of the building but no luck, I then upon a blog which showed a picture of the photo and noticed it was inside. Job done. The walk there from King's Cross station was up a massive hill and after walking for almost 3 hours I just didn't want to do it, the tea room was now a Co-operative bank and as soon as you walk in the entrance the plaque is right in front of you the problem was is was right behind a desk where a meeting was taking place between a customer and a member of staff, had to use my James Bond move to get a picture and get out as soon as it was taken. Photo 2 done!!

Euston Road

Euston Road was a easy one to get as I went past it on my way to King's Cross earlier, I just had to come back on myself and find a decent enough sign to take a picture of, there was a nice one next to the British Museum and before you know it I had my second photo.

Pentonville Road

I had to walk past Pentonville twice whilst on my journey, firstly to go from King's Cross to Angel Islington and then from Angel Islington to Euston Road. But managed to find a nice road sign to complete my blues and help me forfill my task for the day! All the blues and first station done and next would be the pink's and as I made my way around the board the places were closer to me so it would be getting easier.