Annie Mole's, webmaster of Going Underground, daily web log (blog).
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Alfie was in one the teams taking part & said "A very nice turnout for London. I’d guess around 150-200? Anyway, I was on the Marylebone team, which was the smallest. Had a lot of laughter but then all seriousness as the half empty rear two cars pulled in..and we pulled off. A lot of people stifling laughter and taking pictures and one cynic even going 'It’s students. It’s a sociological experiment. It’s students.' Although most took the typical commuter attitude was that of ‘I didn’t see it but I still want to peek.’
Once we got to Paddington we decided the best thing to do would be go all the way down to Elephant & Castle then back to Charing Cross trouserless. Of course, Elephant & Castle being the terminus of the Bakerloo Line, there were about 5 fully clothed people in the car. One got very close to taking his trousers off too".
Funnily enough I bumped into one of the organisers of No Trousers on the Tube Ride 2012, Rammi at King's Cross Station on her way to the event. She tweeted "Finally met @Anniemole, out of every other Londoner, outside King's Cross. She's very good at names and faces! I should buy a lottery ticket!"
Pete Maclaine has a great set of photos of part of the ride on Flickr where the trouserless ones are trying to look as casual as possible while riding the Tube.
Doubtless more photos and reports will appear on the net over the next few days and the best place to watch out for them is over on the Facebook page for the event.
"The magic, mystery & sometimes maddening shortcomings of London's Tube are documented with love, enthusiasm & sometimes despair by its unofficial social historian." The Guardian
