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I don't follow your logic.Originally posted by sasguru View PostYour stupidity has nothing to do with a teacher's workload.
Long commutes and stopovers are part of the sacrifice I make to be part of the flexible workforce.
I don't complain about it. I suck it up. Unlike the poor little lamb in the OP who quit after 1 term because he was getting home at 6:30.Comment
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How the blue blistering blazes can it take two and a half hours to travel between Yate (pronounced Yaytay) and Bristol, Temple Meads?Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostI work bloody hard too and currently spend five hours a day commuting with none of the benefits teachers get.
Sometimes life is tough.
It's barely ten miles, and mostly motorway (M4 & M32) - I reckon you could drive it in twenty minutes, even at the height of the rush hour.
Then after parking in Nutgrove Avenue (adjoining Victoria Park), which is free all day, you could walk to anywhere in Bristol city centre within twenty minutes.
That's what I do after driving in from my lodgings in Bishopsworth.
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Because I live in Card.Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHow the blue blistering blazes can it take two and a half hours to travel between Yate (pronounced Yaytay) and Bristol, Temple Meads?
It's barely ten miles, and mostly motorway (M4 & M32) - I reckon you could drive it in twenty minutes, even at the height of the rush hour.
Then after parking in Nutgrove Avenue (adjoining Victoria Park), which is free all day, you could walk to anywhere in Bristol city centre within twenty minutes.
That's what I do after driving in from my lodgings in Bishopsworth.
I have to drive up to Yeovil Pen Mill and take the cattle truck to BTM, change and take the Gloucester service up to Yate.
And it's pronounced Yah-Tay not Yaytay
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Been up Dundry yet? Nice pub there right on top of the hill, the carpenters tavern .Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHow the blue blistering blazes can it take two and a half hours to travel between Yate (pronounced Yaytay) and Bristol, Temple Meads?
It's barely ten miles, and mostly motorway (M4 & M32) - I reckon you could drive it in twenty minutes, even at the height of the rush hour.
Then after parking in Nutgrove Avenue (adjoining Victoria Park), which is free all day, you could walk to anywhere in Bristol city centre within twenty minutes.
That's what I do after driving in from my lodgings in Bishopsworth.
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Apart from weddings and funerals or some kind of emergency? Not at any school Mrs MUN has ever taught in.Originally posted by original PM View PostActually that's not strictly true teachers can take days off in term time....
Although I conceded it is sometimes possible to rearrange PPA cover but that is not a time off that is just rearranging when the work gets done.Comment
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Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a go.Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostBeen up Dundry yet? Nice pub there right on top of the hill, the carpenters tavern .
I've been going in the Cross Hands once or twice a week, at the top of the hill heading out of Bristol towards Bishopsworth.
It's a bit grim, but they do a nice steak supper for £6!
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You can say that againOriginally posted by OwlHoot View PostThanks for the tip. I'll give that a go.
I've been going in the Cross Hands once or twice a week, at the top of the hill heading out of Bristol towards Bishopsworth.
It's a bit grim, but they do a nice steak supper for £6!
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