Reply With QuoteMine is ok at 2.6 miles (if I don't take the short cut!)
NO ,180 miles doncaster to London ,4 hrs,,thank his for Vanessa and Chris
Mine is ok at 2.6 miles (if I don't take the short cut!)
Everyday is a 90 mile journey but this Monday I will enjoy.I will wake up in a hotel room in Dorset.
Mine is 30 second walk to station, 4 minute train and then 4 minute walk - although it is hit and miss if i decide to go in on mondays.
12 min. on my commuter bike.
M.
Not working any Monday's this month so everyone has a commute of 14 steps from the bedroom to the living room, which is good as all it's done all day is rain in Dorset today, on the downside I seem to be working most weekends this month.
6 minute stroll to work. My panic alarm (if the radio fails to wake me) goes off at 6.40am. I start at 7am, finish at 10am. Stroll home for breakfast and more coffee.
It's a walk for me. Ten minutes and I'm there. Monday to Friday. I can trim a few minutes off if I'm running late.
Sounds good to me!Originally Posted by catch21
It's all very well for you. Monday mornings usually involve the lower end of the M3 at just after 7am, at which point it's usually at a standstill.
I have a theory that, much like Jury service, you receive a letter telling you that "you have been selected to cause an accident or break down between Junctions 13 and 11 of the M3 Northbound at 7am on Monday 12 January 2014".
I thought that I had finished with sitting in stationary traffic on England's motorway network when I retired from my previous life.
Are you my postman?
RIAC
And same again on Tuesday 13th...
Normal commute of 45-60 mins. Currently 45 mins in and not moving very fast as the M3 is screwed this morning and so are all roads into Southampton
I have two flights of stairs to get to my office. I can do two steps at a time if I'm running late.
Have you read "The Lottery in Babylon" by Jorge Luis Borges? It explains how everything that happens is the result of a Lottery win, or lose!
I generally work from home unless I'm out gigging.
Monday morning; Went into Southampton for my daughter's hospital appointment - M27 = hell on earth (thanks to the southern end of the M3 and Southampton road works). Normal commute is 60+ minutes into Aldershot; complete pain due to A3, Farnham and weather.
In 2 weeks however, it shall be a 6 minute commute thanks to a new job!
Maybe 5 mins drive, if I get up late and have to wait for light traffic, or stop at one set of lights - commuting heaven :)
It's just a matter of time...
Love it. An hour on the bike.
Why bother taking a train for one stop? Might as well just walk the whole way.
If I was looking at a 2 hour a day commute - or maybe even 90 mins, I think i'd be giving it all up and getting a job selling icecream!
It's just a matter of time...
Get up, walk across the landing - It could be worse...
I must admit, though, I'd rather travel more as I did in my last role.
M.
Mine takes me about 15 seconds, 25 if I stop in the kitchen to pick up a cuppa on the way to my home office. I'm thankful for many things in my life and not having a crappy commute is one of them :)
An hour door to door is not at all uncommon for London if you work in the City.
My wife commutes 90 minutes each way, can be longer depending on the time of day and the traffic on her way to Southampton the joys of the A35, A31 and M27.
An hour door to door is pretty good for a lot of people!
When I go to London, it's 90 minutes minimum door to door, often 120 minutes.
This, of course, is why I wouldn't work in London full time - No-one would pay me enough to justify 50% extra on my day.
M.
Usual Monday morning is just a walk down the stairs....so I'm quite lucky I guess.
On the odd occasion I do commute it is a 40 mile/~1hr drive on the M1 or a 1hr (door to door) via train/tube to central London.
I would have to get up before 8am - it would be about 40 minutes extra walking.
I can't find it now but there was some research that indicated that for every daily hour of commute each way you needed to earn something like an additional twenty grand to be as happy with someone who travels less than ten minutes
I know nothing of this "work" of which you write. What is this thing?
F.T.F.A.
I used to drive 40,000 miles a year covering the UK in my sales job. Until 1996 when I started my own business from home, then 2 years later moved the company into a business unit less than 2 miles away. Very nice.
My driver picks me up at 7:10 and then it's a 50 minute commute through the maddest traffic you could imagine.
It'd take me two hours if I drove myself, if I made it there at all
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I have 3 choices nowadays:
- a bus that's about 25 min and almost door-to-door,
- a tube ride of barely 5 mins + a 10-15 min walk,
- a bike ride of about 20-25 minutes.
Bus wins out when it's rubbish weather...! Tube when I miss the bus and don't want to wait 15 mins for the next one. Totally need to get back on my bike....
Used to drive between Bristol and Cheddar, which was a beautiful drive and actually quite fun - during the rare times when I wasn't anxious or feeling ill because of the stress. Teaching is hard.
I can believe that I commuted to the wonder they call Basingstoke for 6 months or so, it took me just over 2 hours each way. I hated it not due to the commute but due to the job, I jumped at the chance to get in to Bournemouth office, and did about a year there but at the end of the day it was the job I hated. An extra 40k may have changed it for me.
I'm considering applying for a transfer to our London office at the moment, because I love my job, and moving to the London office will give me full time hours and access to a wider client base and make it more rewarding (not in a financial way) as I can access more services for my clients.
18 months ago I was working in west London for half the week away from my wife and 3 kids
I made the decision that something would have to give... My commute is now 10 mins and I often cycle it (25 mins)
God how I miss my hotel room! 😛
Me too, 30 mins on the bike. It's the arriving at work bit I don't like!
I decided to live away from home during the week (I couldn't stomach a 4hr daily commute), giving me a 35min walk each way instead through (largely) beautiful Edinburgh - one of the my favourite parts of the day.
about half an hour up to 40mins in first or second gear...6 miles down the road. Or 25mins on the push bike
I even tried....1h 20m walk or 15mins on the motorbike ....and nearly 2 hrs on the bus (well 2 of them) what a joke
I have 2 offices - one a 15 minute drive, one a 1 hour drive. Far, far prefer the closer.
7 minute cycle ride for a 7am start
Only when the kids are off school as it makes the traffic then almost bearable.
I can generally start when I want but try to at least get in before 8:30.
The journey is 1.9 miles. If the traffic is clear and the lights and in my favour, I've made the trip in under 3 minutes.
No vehicles involved. 30 seconds to downstairs study.
I have been considering renting an office at a business park four miles away. They have a 24/7 sauna and pool, and I quite like a morning swim.
The actual offices are 70 minutes and 2,5 hrs away, but I mostly use video calls rather than drive.
I vaguely remember it, very tiresome and cut into my day.I know nothing of this "work" of which you write. What is this thing?
Cheers,
Neil.
40 minute drive to the station, followed by an hour on the train and then tube across London. All in all around two hours door to door, but worth it to be able to live where we do. It sounds like a ball ache but you get used to it and the train journey is actually the only hour of peace and quiet I get !
On a bad week I travel to Edinburgh every day and back from Newcastle by car I can do it in 2 hrs ish
on a good week I travel to London Sunday night and back on Friday night
The joys of working for a living :-(
Go down stairs and fire up the ovens.
Or go the muddy way if I'm working elsewhere.
Work from home most days, so it's about six metres for me.
Our stairs are pretty treacherous though....
I don't work Mondays, or Fridays, and only every second Thursday. My 'commute' takes roughly 1hr 50m and I stay with friends overnight when I get there. I can do there and back easily in a day, but the fuel costs and how twisty the journey is both play havoc with my stomach! One of the finest driving roads in the UK right enough, and some of the views, when weather permits, are spectacular.
Took me 3hr 20m yesterday due to snow; non-winter tyre users were holding me up at various points!
I've been working for 28 years, had a driving licence and a car in all that time and - apart from a brief dabble with motorbikes - never driven to work! Much prefer public transport, cheaper and easier - but living in London it's the only viable option unless you want to get stressed out every morning!
I'm hoping I don't have a crazy commute when I move to Australia. I guess it all comes down to how much it costs to live closer to where you work to make it feasible. However being spoilt, commute wise, for the vast majority of my life I don't think I could handle it, and would (all things being equal) always choose a lower paid job closer to home.
It's just a matter of time...
Approx 45 mins to 1 hour each way in a car. But I car share with two others, we drive one week each. So for two weeks I get to snooze on the way to and from work, which is nice. Really wish I could find a job near to home, would like to cycle to work for fitness and health.
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