up the elephant and round the castle

[astonsmummy]

what does this actually mean when someone says up the elephant and round the castle

[kaonashi]

After some quick research I found it was a TV series on the BBC a while back.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/u/u ptheelephantand_66601097.shtml

As I thought it's just a reference to Elephant & Castle in SE London, where the show was set.

Unless there's more to it, but I think that's it!

[lankeela]

I thought it meant you had gone all round the houses to say something or do something, instead of going straight to it.