I start a new job next week and it will be the first time ever that I have worked within a 15 mile round commute from home to work and back again.
In fact it is only 2.3 miles to the office, this is part of the reason I decided to up sticks from my current employer as although it is a great company to work for they moved the office about 9 months ago making it a 50 mile round trip, this obviously costs me time & money.
In my mind I don't feel that 2.3 miles is that far, I am thinking this is walking distance in decent weather. It isn't a boring roadside walk either, it takes me down a paved farm track initially for about a mile, then along a canal tow path & then through part of what I think is a nature reserve next to a marina.
Everyone I speak to at my current job, my wife & all my friends think they would walk for a week or so then just give up and take an extra 40 mins in bed as it is just a 3 minute drive down a 60MPH NSL road.
Do any of you guys walk a similar or longer distance to work, how do you find it?
(ps - I can just about manage 27 miles off road on a Mountainbike, but it did nearly kill me last time)