London photo: don’t even think about taking the stairs

by MaryAnn Johanson

Tue, Apr 08, 2014

6 comments

Still, there’s almost always some showoff taking the stairs. (At Russell Square tube station.)

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KingNewbs

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 12:38am

I don’t understand… does it not look like it’s 15 floors or something?

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to KingNewbs

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 10:50am

Nope, you can’t see the height of the stairs: they spiral around. And you can’t tell how deep underground you are, either.

LaSargenta

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 3:13pm

I’m one of “those” who has taken the stairs there and would again as long as I have the time. Not to show off, just to get some exercise and not be in an elevator. And I definitely use them to go down!

(I do this at the 190th ststion on the A, too, in NYC. Otoh, I generally take the escalator @ 63rd on the F, walking up. “On your left!”)

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to LaSargenta

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 3:40pm

The tube in London is way further underground than the NYC subway is. But you’ve been here, so you know that.

LaSargenta

reply to MaryAnn Johanson

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 5:15pm

Oh, yes. The subway here could never be used as a bomb shelter.

NorthernStar

Wed, Apr 09, 2014 5:47pm

I always walk up the 193 steps at Covent Garden. I hate waiting for the lifts in a massive press of people. Not nice at all. (There are no escalators.)It’s hard work but not excessively so.