6am start is early! :-)

[psychocandy]

Its great to use a motorway with no-one else on it but a word of warning. If there is an accident at that time of the morning it will be a truly horrible mess. I have seen the results of a few, driving down to London over the years. Keep your wits about you and resist the urge to speed like a nutcase. I can still remember a scene between a white van a Peugeot and a BMW a few years ago on the M4. The crash scene was at least a hundred meters long and the only reason I knew that a Peugeot was involved was I could just about make out the badge on a crumpled flattened pile of tin.

Yeh true enough. Not a fan of muleing it to be honest. Have no desire to be involved in pile-up on the motorway.

[Mich the Tester]

I find the nastiest time of day on the road is early afternoon, especially Turdsdays and POETSdays when you have daily commuter traffic mixed up with tourist traffic and the usual white vans; traffic speeds up and slows down, Audiman speeds around and tailgates phrenetically while old farts with caravans or fully loaded people carriers play their random lane selection game. I actually prefer to wait until the rush hour; it'll be busy but at least most of the people in the rush hour can drive.

[psychocandy]

I had 11 months of 4am starts and then driving to Ipswich from Yorkshire, most people learnt to stay clear of me till about noon once I was in the office!

Every day? Thats a killer......

Didn't fancy staying over? Not sure if I'd be able to do that long term. Too old for that!

[SimonMac]

Every day? Thats a killer......

Didn't fancy staying over? Not sure if I'd be able to do that long term. Too old for that!

Sod that, was Monday to Friday, alas it also usually meant regular trips from Ipswich to Crawley during the week so I still didn't get a lie in

[psychocandy]

Day 2 and Im knackered. Think I'm going to have to have at least one night stopover per week.

[sasguru]

How quaint and last century, people still waste time, money and energy commuting to central offices

[Old Hack]

A stopover, due to a one hour each way drive? Are you crazy? I think a one hour commute is pretty much average for most people. Even living in the South East, most places in London were an hour and more away. I used to drive to and from Newport from Somerset, which was an hour each way (if the gods were looking down kindly).

Get a doppla espresso down your neck, a good radio station and you're laughing. I did a couple of hours driving the other day without realising it as the radio show I was listening to was so good (Flintoff's Ashes). It's easily done PC. I'd wear it for the 7 weeks, as I reckon your wife needs you about at home now.

[Mich the Tester]

How quaint and last century, people still waste time, money and energy commuting to central offices

True. Now try persuading those charlatans of modern business, 'managers'.

[psychocandy]

A stopover, due to a one hour each way drive? Are you crazy? I think a one hour commute is pretty much average for most people. Even living in the South East, most places in London were an hour and more away. I used to drive to and from Newport from Somerset, which was an hour each way (if the gods were looking down kindly).

Get a doppla espresso down your neck, a good radio station and you're laughing. I did a couple of hours driving the other day without realising it as the radio show I was listening to was so good (Flintoff's Ashes). It's easily done PC. I'd wear it for the 7 weeks, as I reckon your wife needs you about at home now.

Its just over an hour with no traffic i.e. 6am. Quite a bit more at other times. Part of the problem is the shift work.

Yeh, probably get used to. Might not be so practical when 12 hour shifts come around shortly.
You're right though. Mrs is happy for me to stay over but I would feel a bit guilty.

On the plus side, had a good plan for next week. Staying in our caravan next week near site. So I get to drive less (20 miles), spend some time with family also. Even agreed to her mother going as well so she'll fine when I'm out at work.

[psychocandy]

A stopover, due to a one hour each way drive? Are you crazy? I think a one hour commute is pretty much average for most people. Even living in the South East, most places in London were an hour and more away. I used to drive to and from Newport from Somerset, which was an hour each way (if the gods were looking down kindly).

Get a doppla espresso down your neck, a good radio station and you're laughing. I did a couple of hours driving the other day without realising it as the radio show I was listening to was so good (Flintoff's Ashes). It's easily done PC. I'd wear it for the 7 weeks, as I reckon your wife needs you about at home now.

I usually like 5live but its crap at 5am in the morning. Breakfast show aint even started and all you get is 'wake up to money' :-(

But then you get Richard Bacon at 3pm when I leave.