The lonelyness of the long distance commuter

mines about 30 odd miles commute, i some times dont mine it really, gives me longer out on the bike

It's why I bought the Mondeo.
Been doing the commute for well over two years to Birmingham and surrounding areas daily.
Clocked up 40k last year for work alone.
Grab a coffee, sit at 80 and try to relax.

[Nobbylad]

I've been doing 80 miles round trip every day to Manchester and back for the last 10 years in everything from a focus to an MG TF to a Renault Espace. The last 3 yrs I've used the bike. It's so much more fun and quicker!

For a previous job, I had to drive for training in the head office in Abingdon from Cardiff, every day, 110 miles each way.

The job was based around the country, my first assignment was in Bradford, 250 miles from Cardiff. While they put me up in a hotel so I stayed up during the week and went home on Friday, I had to be in by 9am on Mondays. Now, they offered to get me a hotel in Bradford, which would mean I'd have one actual day a week at home, with Friday and Sunday both occupied by driving to and from. I declined and made my own arrangement: leave Cardiff 4am Monday morning, drive like hell to beat the traffic through Brum and stop at Keele services on the M6, have a nap for 30-45 mins, get back on the roads and end up in Bradford about 8:30.

When the project finished at 3:30pm I had nothing to do except sit in the hotel room, on my own, drink gallons of beer and play games on my laptop. THIS IS LESS FUN THAN IT SOUNDS.

I am grateful that my commute is now 25 miles round trip.

[G]

My commute in the UK I leave at 04:30 get to work at 07:30... Leave at 16:00 and get home at 19:30... If I'm lucky lol.

369 mile round commute, I do it 3 times a week at most.

Originally Posted by G

My commute in the UK I leave at 04:30 get to work at 07:30... Leave at 16:00 and get home at 19:30... If I'm lucky lol.

369 mile round commute, I do it 3 times a week at most.

omg G you must love your job. my commute is from sofa to the kitchen and back about 5 steps

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I commute on the train and see some lonely commuters. Some are so lonely they eat a Burger King mega meal in about 2 minutes flat, on top of a shed load of booze and fall asleep.

Caught this guy last night on a 45 degree angle just before he flopped into some shoulder down action.

(I would just like to add that I don't make a habit of taking sneaky pictures, I just saw this thread and thought why not? The case for the defence rests Your Honour)

I commute a 33 mile round trip on my bike come rain or shine. I enjoy it quite a bit, just long enough to give me time to think about the day and what I will be doing yet short enough not to drive me mad. Also it helps that I never see a stretch of motorway.

my commute to london was 30miles round trip but i loveed every minute of it and did it all year round. only had about a week off due to the snow being that bad.

Never again will i be taking public transport to london after that 1 week in winter, its expensive, to busy, slow and just a nightmare in general. even if commuting on roads gets boring its better than the latter.

[fizzwheel]

I was doing 140 mile round trip. I cant fathom why anybody would choose to do that regularly. Surely it would be better just to move closer to where you work ?

Especially with Fuel prices so high. I was doing 70mph on the motorway with Radio 4 on, just trying to let the miles roll by, it worked OK for the first few days, but by the end of the week I was chewing the steering wheel in frustration.