Travelling to work

[Dr Who?]

How far do people travel to work?

 

I have worked for the same company for 4 years now and used to travel 7 minutes in my car door to door for work. In August they moved the offices to Bedford square in London.

 

I now how to walk 10 minutes to and from the station this end, and 15/20 minutes the other end with a 32 minute fast train, or the slower 50 minute train.

 

I had a job while in Southampton where I had to travel to reading and back every day by car. This would range from 45 minutes to 3 hours depending on traffic and weather.

 

I have also had a job where I got driven half way, then got a train, then a bus and then walk.... I left after a month.

 

How far do you travel to work, and what lengths have you gone to to get there.

[S-Clarke]

I have it really lucky at the moment, as my current commute is either by foot (10mins) or by car in a couple of mins if I'm feeling really lazy.

 

Used to have to drive to Winchester every week, which is a nightmare to get to in the rush hour. After finding that parking was a complete lottery and a waste of effort, I used the park and ride - much easier.

 

Used to work in skatesmouth too, 9am start in the dockyard - absolute dog of a journey and probably my most depressing job, probably just down to the location more than anything!!!

[pap]

Tomorrow, I have an interesting commute.

 

Taxi to John Lennon Airport, flight to Belfast, plus a 1h 15min drive over a mountain range. Then I start work.

 

I shall not be in great form by 17:15pm tomorrow.

[Glasgow_Saint]

3 minute walk!

[dubai_phil]

3.667 metres

 

Bedroom door to office door.

[Dr Who?]

3.667 metres

 

Bedroom door to office door.

 

Brilliant, and what I would love to do more than my once a week on Friday.

[saintscottofthenortham]

i'm driving 157 miles a day at the moment to Bicester and back. That'll go on til end of March. FFS.

[trousers]

c. 4 hour round trip to London every week day. Been doing that for nearly 26 years now.

[dubai_phil]

Brilliant, and what I would love to do more than my once a week on Friday.

 

 

Unfortunately it WILL change soon, our factory is almost ready so will be a 30km each way nightmare down our version of the M25 each way

[Thorpe-le-Saint]

20 minutes through the Essex countryside...hopefully the council have gritted the roads!

[suewhistle]

Depends... Sometimes the students come to me, sometimes it's a 14/18 minute walk to various classes I do (I could drive, but really..!). My longest trip is 20 minutes by car to a few hundred metres from here:

 

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[scotty]

I try and stay as local as possible, but did an interesting trip last year. Red Jet to the isle of wight, then on to some massive german cruise ship moored offshore, via their own tender. All for a 45 minute job. They paid well tho, and even cash on the nail.........

[for_heaven's_Saint]

An hour travel on the ever unreliable train to Havant!

[buctootim]

I try and stay as local as possible, but did an interesting trip last year. Red Jet to the isle of wight, then on to some massive german cruise ship moored offshore, via their own tender. All for a 45 minute job. They paid well tho, and even cash on the nail.........

 

Would have thought they'd have their own staff onboard to do almost anything that crops up

[buctootim]

3.667 metres

 

Bedroom door to office door.

I do that. Oddly liked it better last year tho when it was 3 days working from home and two days a week in office in London.

[Hatch]

Chandlers Ford to Bond Street, London.

 

via car, train and Boris Bike

[Hamilton Saint]

I have been driving to work (70 miles round-trip) every day for the last 22 years. I don't mind that much - it gives me the chance to listen to radio news, my favourite CDs, and lots of BBC Radio 4 podcasts.

[angelman]

Depends if I go via the kitchen to get a cup of coffee or not. If I don't then bedroom to office is about 5 yards.

[Micky]

About the same ad Phil and angelman for 3 weeks every month. But I also fly to Amsterdam, hire a car and drive into Germany every month as well.

 

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[SO16_Saint]

10 minute drive Lordswood to Chilworth - with a trip to Feltham twice a week.

[Ampersound]

Did soton to Guildford for 10 years (100 miles round trip) then moved up near Aldershot. Now I've been coming back down to Havant for the past few years (80 miles round trip) but that is due to end in March.

[keithd]

Did a 90 mile round trip to Aldershot for 9 years, now moved to Alton and thats reduced it to 50. A very nice drive through Bramdean, Owselbury where the only hold up tends to be slowing down for pheasants (optional) and tractors. And thats pretty rare.

 

No idea how you commute to London types do it. Stress my head off it would

[eurosaint]

For the last 4 years of my working life, my commute went like this :

Monday.

Taxi to W.Cowes (25 mins).

Redjet to Southampton (23 mins)

Taxi to airport (15 mins)

Plane to Brussels (70 mins)

Taxi to appartment (15 mins)

 

Return on Thursday evening.

 

Mon to Thurs I was based in Brussels but regularly travelled to other European cities and 3 or 4 times a year I did a working tour of the Far East !

In my final year I was on more than 120 different flights !

 

Better stop now or Dubai Phil will think he has a rival

[sussexsaint]

Used to be an hour and a halfs drive each way which , when doing shift work was a soul breaker at times , now live only 10 minutes from work and it is fantastic - can even pop home at lunchtime occasionally for a a cup of tea

[norwaysaint]

It would take 25 minutes just for me, but, with dropping off at school and nursery, it's an hour and a half.

[Dog]

38 mile drive

3 hour flight

45 min taxi

30 minute cable car

20 minutes skiing to office

 

Then back again weekly

[Toomer]

11 miles door to door, on a very good day it can take 25 mins on a bad day it can take over an hour.

[Kenilworthy]

148 miles round trip from Kenilworth to Marlow daily for past 12 years - my car has 320,000 on the clock. On a good day it can be an hour and 15 minutes. Usually an hour and a half, sometimes 3 hrs - I hate junctions 9 and 10 on the M40!

[RedAndWhite91]

9-10 miles down country roads, bit sketchy at times, but I've only written off one car in six months since I started this job.

[ecuk268]

Top of Hill Lane area to Hardley.

 

Usually takes about 20-25 minutes but I have to go through 20 sets of traffic lights so it can make quite a difference if they all happen to be red.

[scotty]

Would have thought they'd have their own staff onboard to do almost anything that crops up

 

Theres plenty of jobs they have to get contractors on for, I spend a lot of time at southampton docks working the cruise ships. And no, its not what youre thinking.....