steventoon

I'm thinking of moving from Devon to Southampton and working in London. At the moment I commute 25 minutes to work, and not really sure if I'd get sick of a 2 hour commute most days or whether it's something I'd get used to.

AndyGranger

About 4 minutes if the traffic,s bad

Lambchop

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About an hour in a helicopter

mattbibs

i walk 2 minutes!

turboloon

about a hour in a car then an hour by plane then 45 mins by helicopter!!

turboloon

wot rig you on lamb chop?

S2martin

I drive 60 miles a day the first 30 are @ 4:30-5:00 in the morning and takes half hourish and the 30 miles coming home a day can be anything from an hour upto 2 maybe 3 if the a406 is fucked



Martin

se mk3 cabbie

30 miles each way for the last 2 weeks, takes about hour and a half/ 2 hours depending on london traffic

Lambchop

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Ok so you must live up the road a bit to travel for an hour, i'll guess buckie because a'body offshore is from there Then you must be flying out of Scatsta because of the plane. So which rig?
I get about a bit. Currently the Tiffany but been round the ninians and the murchy too so well used to flying through shetland

Lambchop

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AFPMSL looking at your other posts i've sussed you ARE from buckie! LOL

turboloon

i'm on the brents the noo...yes you are correct i come fae buckie...do you wory wi big simmy and neishy they're on the tiffany...

BigMouthBillyBass

9 miles, all country lanes and back roads through villages, no traffic whatsoever apart from maybe the odd tractor or stupid twat doing a 400 point turn in the middle of the road outside the school in a ridiculously large 4x4 (that she has no idea of how big it is) to get her kids to school safely, even though she lives round the corner

Though i did live in Bradistan for 6 months, and commuting to Thorner on a morning/evening used take over an hour, it's only 14 miles

Lambchop

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yes i am good pals with both of them!! Simmy was here at mine last week when he was through to aberdeen. Great lads. Did you work with Simmy on the Brents? How about Smithy the driller? Now a night pusher! What do you do?

gjgrst

I commute from Southampton to Bournemouth each day 60 mile round trip.

When I go to London takes 2 hours from leaving home to the office.

Stu @ M Developments

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Just under 200yds

Stevie mix

I travel 84 miles each way, some time 6 days a week!!!!!

You get used to the early starts and late finishes....

turboloon

derrickman..i've known simmy all my days and i've known neishy for a good few years wot do you do your self?the both o them are well into their bikes as well is that your cossie in your sig ?

Lambchop

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I'm a mud doctor

Yeah I helped convince neishie he needed another bike! I wanted him to get a gixxer though but i'm obviously biased

Yes its my cossie. Doesnt look like that now though as i have black mo's on

turboloon

good job your not on the brents with me then cause i'd just bore you with talk of rsts lol sweet cossie like the gsxr too.

Lambchop

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i've just clicked that you're the guy those 2 speak about ebcause your car is a Q aye? I cant think of your name but must be you! They say you're turbo daft and spend all your money on rst's
I could talk rs all day so dont worry Maybe meet you one day

Munch

Shop Fitter me, so i travel all over the place

Big G

Just under 5 mile round trip to the yard to pick my wagon up.

TrevCos

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You will get really pissed off doing that sort of commute mate, and when you say two hours is that each way or altogether in a day. If you haven't done it before you don't realise how bad it is.

I do what should be just over and hour commute each way to work from Lincoln to Peterborough on the A46 and A1, which should be good roads, but it hardly ever ends up like that because of roadworks, traffic, crashes all year round. And even with a clear run it is severely tiring and by the end of the week you'll be so knackered you won't believe it.
My job let me work from home 2 days a week because I just couldn't cope with doing it every day. I don't like doing it 3 days a week but it is a bit more bearable.
My advice, if you don't have to do that sort of commute, don't do it!
I've been doing it for just over six years now and it's severely aged me.

And of course it's not just the commute, you have to do a day's work in between the driving. Just say no kids!

Nick.

under 5 minutes on my orange

Csm

I travel a 70 mile round trip in the car for work ,usually about 1hr each way pending on traffic ,sometimes its over 1 hr and 30 mins


U will get pissed of with it ,im a driver for a living so can drive up to 300 miles in the van or truck etc aswell as the commute in car ,lol

BigMouthBillyBass

I'm an IT consultant so i'm usually site based, i've had weeks where i've been working on the same site all week, and going straight to site from home. When it's somewhere like Hull or Manchester it's a total ball-ache, you are knackered before you even start work most of the time. You do the same journey 5 mornings and 5 nights in a row and it really balls you off.

Though as mentioned above, some days i'm in the office so 9 miles along country lanes, takes about 10 mins

Anonymous

when aint it

4 miles to work for me

gwynny

about 15mile mainly motorway, but I work shifts so never get caught in traffic.

dave_st170

15 mins for me both ways

Red16

8 miles

SapphyMike

25 miles.

about an hour.

COSSIE 1

i commute from swindon to enfield north london...107 miles there and 107 miles back ....leave at 4.20pm start at 7.00pm finish at 7.00am get home at 9.15am ish so im looking at a 17hr day .......sometimes worked 6-7 days a week.......1st year i worked there i did..................
bearing in mind i live in swindon,family and most friends live in the bournemouth area and the 'then' wife was scottish so went up there every 2 months(aviemore)

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fuzzy

i use that good old council chariot, the bus and take about 25-45 minutes to do the 15 miles into town.the downside is that sometimes you have to sit next to a fat b-o soakled office worker,the good side is that officeworkers would rather stand than sit next to a dirty scummy joiner so i end up with a whole seat to myself 2 hours each way will be a nightmare everyday though and is way to much imo.

GARETH T

13 miles,,,done it in 11 mins

steventoon

It will be two hours each way. I'm in the Old Bill, so my early shift would start at 7am and would finish at 7pm. The problem I could see if I'm kept on for whatever reason then it probably wouldn't be worth going home as it would soon be time to go back to work.
On the upside I would get more days off in a row and see more of the wife and kids as at the moment she works on my days off to save on child care. I'd also get free train travel to and from work and an extra 6 1/2 grand london weighting allowance.
The missus would also be happier as her mother is in Southampton and she could help with child care.
I know it's swings and roundabouts and at the minute I live in an nice part of the country and have a bit of an easy life.
The saying the grass is never greener keeps springing to mind.
Cheers
Steve

Stoo

No way would i drive 2 hours each way. I can walk to my work in about 20mins, or 5 mins(At most)by car.

I suggest you try it first. On your next day off try and drive each way around the time you would be if you moved. I'll bet after one day you'll hate it. I think the most for me would be 35-40 mins drive from my work and even at that the house/ location would have to be very nice!

smitsturbo

half an hour in the car to go either in a plane first then a hellicopter or just a hellicopter cos the plane first jurneys are shite & you only get one biscuit

pete mcrash

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everyday a different place unless it's a big job, so anywhere from 20mins to HOURS...good and bad

steventoon

A very good point. I think I will give this ago and see how the travel to the train station and train journey actually works out to get into London for 7am. Also a good excuse for a few beers in the smoke before getting the train back again at 7pm.

Cheers mate good idea

Stoo

Well it's something i'd do, just to give me an idea of what it'd be like.

I HATE having to drive to Glasgow during rush hour, on the very very rare occasion i have to i come home in a stinking mood. 2 hours worth of that would drive me mad mate.

You ever seen a film called 'Falling Down'...? That's how i see it lol