Daily commute. How long is yours?

[norrahe]

FTFY

If only

[manclarky]

How long is your daily commute?

Currently 66 miles e/w = approx 75 mins (M6 is a nightmare on the way home).
Clientco operates a 7hr day, so run out the orifice at 4pm on the dot.

This is first gig in over 12 years that I've not been travelling south on 5:30am train from Preston on Monday morning, returning Friday afternoon. Mrs M appears to prefer me away during the week...!!!

[Lockhouse]

I'm currently commuting almost 4 hours a day. I live just outside Winchester and commute to EC3. Been doing it for 6 years.

Next month I'm (hopefully) moving further away which will add another 10 minutes each way. I don't enjoy the commute but it's all about the cash. I usually work from home one day a week which makes a big difference.

I work 07:30 to 17:00.

[SueEllen]

I'm currently commuting almost 4 hours a day. I live just outside Winchester and commute to EC3. Been doing it for 6 years.

Winchester is posh (and so are some of the bits around it).

[filthy1980]

last gig daily commute 117 miles one way

bham to london M6 & M1 not fun

did it for almost a year, stayed in a hotel on a handful occassions

glad i only do 6 miles one way now )

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Currently about 1 hour 50mins each way but 1 hour 15 mins of that is in a train 1st class so not too bad. I slept all the way in to work today. When I am not sleeping I am watching movies and episodes on my ipad so i only really feel about 30 mins of the commute which is 10 mins drive, 10 mins waiting for the train and the 10 min shuttle from train to work. I tend to get in for before 9 and leave at either 4.30 or 5.30 thus arriving home after 6 or 7.

[Sysman]

I hate driving personally. Aside from the unpredictability of traffic and risk to life and limb it's impossible to get anything done. At least on a 2 hr train ride you can read a book, watch a DVD or get some work done.

I don't hate driving itself, but I do hate the hassle of driving on a long commute.

When I started out contracting I could bill for work I did on the 3 hour train ride to get to the client. With overnight parking where I was staying being a hassle, it was no contest.

Nowadays 7 minute train ride, 10 minutes wait and 5 minute bus ride, though if I stay late or work on a Sunday, it's a 10 minute walk plus 20 minute bus ride, and it's a pleasant walk down by a river.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

worse can be a noun or an adjective, and it would be grammar you are correcting me on not spelling

Ok, let's ask the Mods for a grammar smiley.

[Wilmslow]

My commute is around 56 miles, but takes around an hour. I work 7-3 to miss most of the traffic though.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

My commute is around 56 miles, but takes around an hour. I work 7-3 to miss most of the traffic though.

Not on the M62 you won't. Also no amount of money is worth risking your life on that death trap for...