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Originally posted by Cowboy BobI did a 150 mile round trip for a seven week contract a few years ago. It nearly killed me. Never again. Book a B&B/Travelodge for 4 nights a week and commute Monday and Friday. You know it makes sense...Comment
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Originally posted by ChurchillYou'd be ok down hill!Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.Comment
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Originally posted by threadedFor the current client I've work out a route where it's downhill both ways.Comment
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10 miles each way. Still - after christmas it will be 1 minute to walk downstairs to my office as I'm having some quality off-time instead...
Older and ...well, just older!!Comment
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I do Derby - Leeds Leeds - Derby, every day by train."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by SockpuppetI have to go to a training course in York in the new year. Booked last week and got 5 nights (sun - thur) at a travelodge for £75 inc VAT. Bargain!
Cojak - what kind of work do you do? I've spent the last 2 months trying to get a contract in Leeds but all I've got to show for it is pleasant conversations with XX agents...Comment
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140 miles per day is a lot - what times are you planning on traveling and where to/from. That will make a huge difference. I usually limit things to time. An hour each way is probably tops. If you start going over that, say 90 mins each way, then you are spending 12.5% of your day commuting. If you work 48 weeks of the year then you would have spent just a bit under January sat in your car commuting. At 2 hours per day this drops down to just under 3 weeks!Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
I preferred version 1!Comment
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120 miles round trip but only two or three days a week.
I always used to use country lanes when I worked in the same area a few years ago, which is shorter, but since then they've put 30 mph speed limits all over the place and traffic volume seems to be twice as bad as it was.
On roads like that you only need one slow barstard and it holds everyone up, and there aren't many safe passing places.
Too fiddly, so I mostly use motorways now.Comment
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