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Nope, no direct trains the KGX from Lincoln, you have to change at Retford or Newark. Minimum 2 hour journey.
In effect you're right. The first direct train doesn't arrive until 09:24. However earlier one-change services seem quite slick. 05:26 getting you in for 07:28 is not bad although a tad expensive at £50 a day.
"Don't part with your illusions; when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live" Mark Twain
Lot of my gigs involve international travel (to Ingerlund) every day but Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester is not that far. Never work away from home ever.
Currently lucky to have a gig in Cymru in the 'Diff
We aren't looking at Grantham exactly - more surrounding areas (Sleaford and nearby villages), so 20 minute drive + 65 minute train + 10 minute tube for me will be a typical London commute. Doable, but could be a bit much 5x a week, but certainly less than some of you contend with!!
Not particularly tied to Sussex, and whilst we've looked locally, Lincolnshire is appealing to us as :
1). Commute is similar to outer areas of Sussex (e.g.: Uckfield, Horsham) away from London-Brighton line;
2). Houses in our budget are ludicrously large vs what we would get daan saarf;
3). Schools - Lincolnshire has some great local schools and, controversially, still has the grammar system.
Accepted an offer this morning so have spent most of my day on Rightmove....
We aren't looking at Grantham exactly - more surrounding areas (Sleaford and nearby villages), so 20 minute drive + 65 minute train + 10 minute tube for me will be a typical London commute. Doable, but could be a bit much 5x a week, but certainly less than some of you contend with!!
Not particularly tied to Sussex, and whilst we've looked locally, Lincolnshire is appealing to us as :
1). Commute is similar to outer areas of Sussex (e.g.: Uckfield, Horsham) away from London-Brighton line;
2). Houses in our budget are ludicrously large vs what we would get daan saarf;
3). Schools - Lincolnshire has some great local schools and, controversially, still has the grammar system.
Accepted an offer this morning so have spent most of my day on Rightmove....
Sussex is overrated. I grew up there and suffered the Brighton main line for years. Roads out are similarly dire. There's many better value places to live with better connections. No idea why it's so over priced.
We aren't looking at Grantham exactly - more surrounding areas (Sleaford and nearby villages), so 20 minute drive + 65 minute train + 10 minute tube for me will be a typical London commute. Doable, but could be a bit much 5x a week, but certainly less than some of you contend with!!
Not particularly tied to Sussex, and whilst we've looked locally, Lincolnshire is appealing to us as :
1). Commute is similar to outer areas of Sussex (e.g.: Uckfield, Horsham) away from London-Brighton line;
2). Houses in our budget are ludicrously large vs what we would get daan saarf;
3). Schools - Lincolnshire has some great local schools and, controversially, still has the grammar system.
Accepted an offer this morning so have spent most of my day on Rightmove....
Sleaford is a toilet. Good place to purchase amphetamines though (it was in the late 80s anyway).
Not all Lincolnshire has the grammar school system.
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