Who has the longest commute?

[Ward8124]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?

[fizzwheel]

The Mass I would wager.

He goes from Somewhere near Cardiff all the way along the M4 to Swindon everyday IIRC

[Anonymous]

Definately mad to do the distance every day.

Id see about finding a relatively cheap pad near your place of work, stay there during week and come home on weekends. It doesnt need to be something flash -just a bedsit or something.

A consultant i know lives in York and commutes daily by the train to Kings Cross. But his makes sense. where he lived before it took 2 hours to battle into Kings Cross on Tubes etc... where as now he jumps on an early train in York, 2 hours later hes there.

Does it first class.. the savings he makes are great compared to what it cost him before.. not just financially but stress wise too. 8)

[_Stretchie_]

:shock: Whoa...

You guys are hardcore..

I live just short of 30 miles from where I work, but my round trip is 90 miles. I do 30 miles there, 60 miles back (through twisties on the way home of course :wink: )

[falc]

Doing about 35miles to work at the moment though through london traffic that makes it a bit longer :shock:

[Anonymous]

My commute is now a 15 minute walk along the river side to the CBD area of town. One side of the river is mainly retail, the other side is the largest area of office blocks in York. Something like 30-40,000 office workers in 1/2 square mile. Its crazy in the pubs after work on a friday!

Yup.. its actually a nice stress free walk into the office... :P

[will]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?

ward, where in piccadilly? i'm in old bond street

[timwilky]

I live in Preston, my office is Rugby. A distance of about 145 miles.

9 months of commuting nearly killed me. leaving home at 5 am, fighting the M6 through Birminham, get into Rugby for about 7:30 breakfast and then settle down for a days work, leave at about 6 and home for about 8:30pm

I did it as it seemed to be an improvement to travelling to Paris a couple of times a week.

So now I go into the office as and when I need to, my health ain't worth it. My bosses used to say why don't I stay over. I had to disappoint them and tell them I have a life and family.

I refuse to do the journey on a Friday anymore, it is madness and thank god for the M6 toll

[stewboy]

me ...from rotherhite to lonndon bridge is a nightmare :lol:






ill get my coat

[Supervox]

[quote="stewboy"]me ...from rotherhite to lonndon bridge is a nightmare :lol:


Almost as intensive as mine :-

2.9 miles (of which only 1.1 miles is on public road !!)

[Ward8124]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?

ward, where in piccadilly? i'm in old bond street

I drop the lady off in Denman street pal and then i move off to exmouth markets near farringdon


O BTW peeps this is also with a pillion on the back!!!

[Tara]

:shock: your mad

it takes me ten mins by car now used to take alot less

[will]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?

ward, where in piccadilly? i'm in old bond street

I drop the lady off in Denman street pal and then i move off to exmouth markets near farringdon


O BTW peeps this is also with a pillion on the back!!!

this is like poker - i'll match your 140 miles, and raise you a pillion :lol:

[Ward8124]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?

ward, where in piccadilly? i'm in old bond street

I drop the lady off in Denman street pal and then i move off to exmouth markets near farringdon


O BTW peeps this is also with a pillion on the back!!!

this is like poker - i'll match your 140 miles, and raise you a pillion :lol:


LMFAO yeah well i think i will call as im taking a big risk anyway!

[pepe]

Rotherhithe to Clerkenwell :oops:

[Last Action Pimp]

chertsey to edgware! about 35 miles

[stewboy]

Rotherhithe to Clerkenwell :oops:


hey where are you in Rotherhite ....im off salter road ?????

[Lou M]

10 mins by car, 1 hour walk. And soon I'll be even less if I get a job in town.

I used to do Northampton to Warwick, then later it was Warwick to Evesham (got relocated just after I moved to Warwick :roll: ).

Wouldn't consider anything further than 20 min drive now. Life's for living, not commuting.

And of course in the summer, come to work on the bike, then go home via the Malvern Hills.....Bliss.

[keithd]

90 mile round trip

anything from 45 mins to hour and a half

[Gnan]

45 miles round trip

[Filipe M.]

10 miles round trip if I stretch it on the way back... 7 miles if I take the shortest path.

[hoodlum]

A gnat's nadgers over 1.5 miles - do I win the thread?

[pepe]

Hi stewboy,
I'm just down plough way, on the South Dock. Probably seen you a few times when I go to the kebab van hear the YHA !!

[Viney]

me ...from rotherhite to lonndon bridge is a nightmare :lol:






ill get my coat

I bet you ride as well??? WALK ;) Or i can pick you up on the way through

My commute is 10 miles door to door

[thor]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=w2+6he&daddr=sw1x+7aw&om=1

:oops:

[haggis]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=w2+6he&daddr=sw1x+7aw&om=1

:oops:

You need a supermoto, cut through Hyde Park and halve your commute! :P

[haggis]

28miles round trip for me, all B-road twisties except the last 200yards in town which I treat as my warmdown lap. :lol:

[The Mass]

Hi Folks,

erm.... :oops:


Yep that'll be me then.....

Until recently (And I have witenesses). I was doing 210 round trip a day on the SV

And that's Newport (South Wales) to High Wycombe. I killed Bthe Blue Cow's first engine at 25k from new (K4).

Now on engine number 2 courtesy of Mike Mini Twin. :thumbsup:

I haven't been on her much recently, as I have changed jobs, and therefore, location, but still a bit of a rant to work. it's now about 140 mile round trip.

And just to add.. I won't be using her for a bit now anyway...as I'm booked in for the "SNIP" tomorrow evening.. :( :shock:

[stewboy]

Hi stewboy,
I'm just down plough way, on the South Dock. Probably seen you a few times when I go to the kebab van hear the YHA !!


lol more than likely but i have an R6 now so watch out :lol:


though i am thinking of buying a cheap SV aswell

[Ward8124]

Hi Folks,

erm.... :oops:


Yep that'll be me then.....

Until recently (And I have witenesses). I was doing 210 round trip a day on the SV

And that's Newport (South Wales) to High Wycombe. I killed Bthe Blue Cow's first engine at 25k from new (K4).

Now on engine number 2 courtesy of Mike Mini Twin. :thumbsup:

I haven't been on her much recently, as I have changed jobs, and therefore, location, but still a bit of a rant to work. it's now about 140 mile round trip.

And just to add.. I won't be using her for a bit now anyway...as I'm booked in for the "SNIP" tomorrow evening.. :( :shock:

210!!!??!! U loon!!!! Thought mine was bad!

[rwoodcock01]

Wellingborough to Central London (UCLH Hospital) is my daily grind, now the weather is getting better I will likely have the wife on the back too so I will be making a detour to Harlsden to drop the wife at work.

Cheers

Rich

[Ceri JC]

90-odd miles each way here. Luckily I only have to go in 2 days a week.

[stewboy]

me ...from rotherhite to lonndon bridge is a nightmare :lol:






ill get my coat

I bet you ride as well??? WALK ;) Or i can pick you up on the way through

My commute is 10 miles door to door


dam right i ride :lol:

[pegasus]

when i was couriering i started the day with a little jaunt from ipswich to shephards bush 92 miles then i would do a days work, anything from 200 to 500 miles then depending what time i finished or where in the country i was i would go back to ipswich or stay in a hotel.... too old and battered for all that now

[tigersaw]

back in the 80's we used to have a radar controller who lived in New York. he'd fly over for his shift cycle, fly back home for his rest period. Only a 5 or 6 hour commute since he didn't have to faff around with check in and the like. No idea how long it went on for.

[carelesschucca]

i'm so glad I'm only 14 miles to work, takes 45 minutes on thebus mind you, but thats good sleeping time for me... I feel lucky now... I could have been even better I looked into a flat that was directly across the road from my work so it would have taken me longer to get to my desk once I was in the building than it would to actually get to the front door of my work... But I couldn't face opening my curtains everyday and seeing my work.... :shock: :shock:

[enginedriver]

Well my home is in York and my office is in Normanton.around 50 miles round trip. Our Head Office is in Burgess Hill... so that's 550 miles plus although I only go there about once a month

Toady I went to Northampton and back.....318 miles

Tomorrow I'm going to Mildenhall in Suffolk say 186 miles....back on Thursday.
Friday looks like Liverpool and back...198 miles.

I regularily do Colchester and Harwich as an overnight stay. say around 550 miles for the round trip (I usually stop over in Mildenhall on the way down).

Oh and we are opening a unit in Glasgow so I go up there a lot as well....although that's been by train up to now as I have to arrive suited and booted for meetings....still that'll change soon enough! ( 400 miles or so I reckon!)

I have a company car but I won't use unless I have to...much prefer the SV or my old Zephyr 550 if the roads are salty!

Not sure if it's strictly "commuting" but it keeps me happy!

Cheers!

[Vfr400]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?
North Cambridge? your not an Arbury pikey are you?

Chris

[Well Oiled]

10 miles each way through the Derbyshire countryside. Past Kedleston Hall and over Cumberhills seeing the lovely Ecclesbourne valley shrouded in mist.

15 mins on the bike or car, 45 mins on the pushbike once it's warm enough.

Somehow not envious of most of the commutes here :wink:

[lynw]

122 miles a day, and tbh after two winters Im fed up of it.

About to replace the engine having just clocked over 50,000 miles [bought it on 14,000]. Engine runs, just the gear selector fork for top gear appears bent/broken.

Will find out tomorrow, hopefully, on an oil change that its just bent as its in Scotland atm.

Good thing about the new job is its 5 mins walk from Charing X. Trains go direct in hour ten so it will be commute to station then train/walk in. No way the bike will be quicker/easier as it is at my present place of work.

[kwak zzr]

12 miles :roll: thats there and back :roll: if its dry :roll: :oops:

[Rob S (Yella)]

Gillingham to Kings Cross, just under 80 miles a day.

I go buy car into central London which should be a nightmare but as I work odd hours I can do it an hour each way and am exempt from the CON charge so its not to bad.

[Ward8124]

I do north Cambridge to Piccadilly everyday which is about 140 miles so who does more or am i mad to do this distance everyday?
North Cambridge? your not an Arbury pikey are you?

Chris


no mate in Longstanton if you know it......fecking hate pikeys

[Jelster]

I used to do just 40 miles round trip, but as I jacked the job in my daily commute is currently beedroom to lounge via bathroom.

I used to do over 60k miles a year, went through a company car every 9 months !!

.

[kcowgergmm]

15 miles 18 min by car 12 by bike. these ar back roads in case you were wondering

[freakin it]

portsmouth to battersea.

and i work shifts, so by my fourth night im knackered!

[Lou M]

I'm sure that mine is the longest by far!! :smt043

I look at my work from my house - it's about a 2 min walk!!

Do I win for the shortest?? (excluding those who work from home)

I do sometimes come in on the bike, when it's nice and I want to go for a blast after work.

Lou x

[the_runt69]

Catford to Blackfriars, 7 miles each way, and I work shifts so there not much about on the road at the times I travel.

[Tiger 55]

Currently on 15 minutes if all the lights are green, 20 minutes if the lights are red.

Down from 1120 round trip from Glasgow to Penzance - down on a Sunday night in 7 hours, back on a Friday evening in 10 hours. Why didn't I just move?

Up from zero - pull back duvet, put feet on floor, arrive at work.

[600+]

Manchester to Nottingham 200miles return once per week.

Go there on Wednesday back on Thursday......rest of the day work from home