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Hate commuting so much that i moved into london it's self 10 years ago. Now max i will do is 45 mins, average is 20 mins, current contract (and previous) is either a 15 min walk or 10 mins by public transport
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when southwest trains aren't all fkced up my journey take 1 hour 30 door to canary wharf door.. when they play up I get very very upset and wonder what the hell I am doing
this past week has been most pleasant however...
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I'm doing a 100 mile round trip five days a week and its tulip ! I can do it in an hour on a good day but lots of longer trips as I dice with the M6/M62 nightmare and probably nearer 3 hrs total each day. I wouldn't tackle much more than that but its better than Travel Lodge tedium just about.
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My current contract is roughly 85 miles from home (170 mile round trip). I currently stay down there on a monday night, work from home wednesday and friday and do the round trip on a thursday. Every so often I have to be there more days a week - next week I am down there all week.
The driving is a pain - especially now in the winter as I am using dark country lanes. In the summer it was fine - top down and cruising home!! If I can get away at a reasonable time I am home by 7.30pm which is OK but I cant do early morning starts! I have found it tiring for the past 10 months - especially with a newborn who isn't sleeping through the nights yet.....!!
Bottom line - if you need to be at home every night avoid a long commute, otherwise stay away from home a few nights.
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Currently travel by train into central london...total journey time from when I leave home to when I get to site is 1 hour 30 and I only live 35 miles from london
Still, at least I am home in the evening.
I never work far enough away where I can't go home at night.
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About an hour each way for this gig. This is my last day, next contract working from home.
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I'm between 146 & 160 miles from home (depends which route)
I do a weekly commute - rented a room in a house for the duration. Go home for weekends & see my family. Run up phone bills during the week,but...
So far - so good. 3 month contract and we've all survived the first month
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3 hours per day by train. Sleep all the way there, read all the way back.
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Originally posted by XLMonkeyCommuting is the disease of 21st century living. Home broadband is the cure.
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The pain barrier begins around about 1 hour one way. A half-an-hour to 45 minute commute one way is fine, you can do that indefinitely.
I did 120 km on daily basis which took me 1 hour 20 mins with the "wind behind" but after a few months it grinds you down.
One job entailed a 40 min drive and I found that quite pleasant.
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Originally posted by stackpoleThree days each way to my lab on the moon. I drive.
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currently doing 60 miles each way into London (takes on average 1h40, but has been 3). It's too much, in my opinion. However, I make sure that I'm only in the office 3 days a week and work from home Mondays and Fridays, which makes it OK.
Commuting is the disease of 21st century living. Home broadband is the cure.
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240 mile round trip
Mad
I endured a 220 mile round trip for a year (by train) to London. It nearly killed / bankrupted me and took well over 4 hours a day out of my life .
I now have a 100 mile round trip which is on my doorstep in comparison .
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Originally posted by BillHicksRIPthe slightest loss of concentration might result in your death and others every day is not my idea of fun.
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