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POKÉMON GO in Harringay
A guest post from Professor Rusty, posted on her behalf (please note I have no clue about this stuff and am merely the Professor's secretary):
Within a few hours of release, Pokémon GO reached the top spot on the App Store. I downloaded it a few days later and, despite the (frequent) crashing, it’s a great game!
It’s already got me out of the house multiple times!
Anyway here’s a quick guide to Pokémon GO in Harringay:
Pokéstops
There are roughly 12 Pokéstops in Harringay: Five on Green Lanes and seven on The Ladder. These are the Post Office; Saint Augustine's of Canterbury Church (Mattison Road); Jam In A Jar, as well as two in Fairland Park and three in Railway Fields. There’s also a few Street Art installations that are Pokéstops, so search around. Finally, Stroud Green and Harringay Library and Harringay Train Station are also Pokéstops.
Gyms
There are 3 gyms on the Ladder. The Salisbury, La Vina and Harringay United Church. (The Gyms are for battling your Pokémon in case you didn’t know).
Pokémon
So far I’ve found that Harringay seems to be the perfect place for common, normal type Pokémon, this is probably because of the urban area with a lot of green spaces. It seems that the most common Pokémon in the area are Pidgeys and Rattatas with no shortage of Spearows. Also, I believe that St. Ann’s Hospital is attracting Drowzee as it is rumoured that hospitals attract Psychic Pokémon (Maybe they like the equipment or something).
Finally: looking for Magikarp? (Why would you ever want one? Because they evolve into Gyarados, that’s why!) Well the New River seems to be a good place to fish one out.
Professor Rusty
Game Expert and Pokémon Scientist
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Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Angela on
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I understand (or rather, I have been told) that Wightman Road has a couple; near the Gospel Church and the New River entrance. I can't confirm this atm as my Pokemon child is currently camping in Epping Forest.
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Permalink Reply by JulieB on
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Thanks Prof Rusty!
There are also a few stops on Turnpike Lane, I've found quite a lot of Pokemon going past Ducketts Common. Also 2 or 3 stops in Chestnuts Park as well as 2 gyms.
Not in Harringay but I found some really cool Pokemon in the V&A this week, also loads of stops walking through Covent Garden and Soho today.
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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She tells me that it's where you pick up pokéballs which are the things you use to catch your Pokémon. You can also get gifts there.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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Thanks. I'm of a generation slightly too old to play or to have been into Pokemon the first time around, though it hasn't stopped many of my friends.... At least now I know what they are talking about!
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I suppose anything that gets gamers up and out must be a good thing but I really don't get it... and these twits who have been walking into traffic etc chasing Pokemon should be put up for a group Darwin award
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Anything we don't get we should just let others enjoy, I always think.
I'm not much of a one for games but realise that is partly my personality and partly my age,
Adults behind wheels take many more risks per day than the odd distracted gamer, often with far more serious consequences, as you can tell from the numbers killed and injured on our roads. Perhaps the group Darwin Award belongs to drivers who text/phone/eat/smoke etc while in charge of a killer lump of steel that travels v fast - odd how indifferent we can be to this while sneering at young gamers on foot.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I kid you not, those drivers are now playing Pokemon Go! You can see when you cycle past if they're in slow moving traffic.
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I rest my case m'lud. Any driver who takes such risks from the taxi driver with his newspaper on his steering wheel as seen on Green Lanes to someone with their phone out trying to play a game are a far greater risk than a kid wandering down the road. Did you see the cyclist who caught a woman watching a film while driving? Her arrogance was breathtaking.
Anyway, enough about drivers and traffic, back to the gaming...
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On that front, I am totally and utterly with you. Being on the phone (particularly texting/being online not just talking) whilst driving should really be clamped down on. I've always thought the best way of dealing with that particular problem would be to confiscate people's phones for 48 hours if they get caught using one at the wheel. That would be the only deterrent phone addicts might actually take any notice of.
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