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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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At the moment it's about 20 minutes. Doing the film stuff, 90 mins each way was normal, and the worst was the 6 weeks we spent setting up at an office near the Nags Head in Nirth London. If I wasn't on the M40 at 6.30am at Maidenhead, I'd be late for the start of the day at 8.30am. I much prefer my present drive, along the coast by the beach for much of it.
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tombolt
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:38 am Posts: 2967 Location: Dorchester, Dorset
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Between 15 and 20 minutes for me depending on the traffic. Unfortunately, the school run benefit in the summer is negated by the increased holiday traffic as I have to use the main route to the south west to get home. Some bank holidays can see it rise to 30 to 45 mins.
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 2:34 pm |
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snowyweston
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:28 pm Posts: 851 Location: EC1 Baby!
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20min walk. Which is better than the last job (20min cycle) longer than the one before that (15min walk) and considerably longer than my first proper London job (3min walk) I really can't complain. I get to mix my route up depending on my mood and the weather, and on the way home I pass a number of offices my friends work at, a couple of supermarkets, pretty much all my preferred local pubs, and a good number of favoured takeaways. Ideal. I wouldn't have it any other way. 
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 3:48 pm |
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forquare1
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:36 pm Posts: 5158 Location: /dev/tty0
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If I take the train (free) it's ~32 minutes. If I drive in the winter it takes ~30 minutes, if I drive in the summer it takes ~1h45, if I drive anytime of year in the early morning I can do it in ~15 minutes... If it snows or has rained heavily then the trains stop working and roads get closed - so no work 
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:19 pm |
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Currently a 50 minute drive each way on a normal day worst 4 hours When I'm working in London 2 hours plus each way on a good day and on a bad day .. lets not talk about it !
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:36 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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currently about 25 minutes each way.
Average, when I was in the UK was about 2 hours each way. The worst was Coventry during a big exhibition in Birmingham, I ended up doing about 4.5 hours each way, with about 14 hours in the office on the longest day!
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:04 pm |
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ShockWaffle
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:50 am Posts: 1911
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About half an hour (from East London into the dead-centre of town). Half the olympics appears to be getting set up right outside the office though, so prepare to feel sorry for me at the end of the month 
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:32 pm |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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Depending on which site I'm at it takes between 20 minutes and 90 minutes each way, which is not as bad as the time I was travelling from Manchester to Hull and back every day. In fairness, the £75 per hour I was earning helped a lot... 
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Saturday for example. Helideck to house was 10 1/2 hours.
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:47 pm |
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm Posts: 4141 Location: Exeter
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I think it's safe to say you have quite an exceptional commute 
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:09 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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40 minutes walk each way, and I've got some stride on me* * Does mean nodding and saying hello to tens of people every morning, drives me up the wall, it's like fcuking Groundhog Day 
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:15 pm |
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brataccas
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:14 pm Posts: 5664 Location: Scotland
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does the vodka beer belly help keep your momentum going in a "ripple" effect? 
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Get your insults right, it's a Coke belly!
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:52 am |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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I allow 15 minutes to get to the station and park up then it's an hour and a half each way as long as all 3 trains are running on time. Takes me about 10 minutes to get to the car and get home at the end of the day. 3 1/2 hours per day.
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Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:07 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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That'a a long time for a daily commute.
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Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:27 pm |
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