Finally got back to picking up coins off the floor.

It all started in Chancery Lane tube, when I found 5p under one of the ticket machines.

So I decided to invest in an off-peak travel card (about £4.30 I think), and see how many stations I could cover.

The best was Leicester Square -- loads of ticket machines, and a total of 73p picked up from the concourse, although most from underneath the ticket machines -- I went back four times in all, finding about 20p each time -- this place seemed to magically renew the floor cash every hour...

Other good stations to look in :

Holborn : 19p -- Very small and busy, but this angry little station has a lot of newspaper vendors et al. outside, probably meaning lots of loose change bouncing around, and plenty of noise so folk don't notice.

Oxford Circus: 38p -- Massive, loads of different exits. But unfocussed, and too much 'pedestrian-scouring' to build up any decent amount of cash.

Tottenham Court Road 20p -- Two shiny 10p coins within 5 ft of each other. Very lucky methinks -- this station is way to busy and angry to get anything going here.

Warren Street : 7p (although did find 50p coin outside station (that doesn't count ) when I nipped out for some coffee).

Empty Stations : Euston,Kings Cross,St Pancras,Marelybone,Piccadilly Circus,Covent Garden

Totals :73+19+38+20+7

Tube Station Concourses: 73+19+38+20+7=1.57
Non-Concourse: 50

Grand Total : 2.07

This merits further research!

I bought some special tuna/chicken dinner for my cat. Hope Pussy likes it!