How far is your commute to work?

The problem will be when you're already tired and have that journey ahead of you. Makes an already long journey feel never ending.

On average mine is 15miles and 30mins. North circular and A13.

Some jobs let you leave earlier, if that was the case I'd consider it given the same salary. I'm not sure more money would be enough, would have to be major increase.
 
I’ve never had much of a commute at all in my working life.
When I was a Black Cab owner/driver, the taxi was parked in the integral garage on the lower floor of my house.
I had an Irish friend who lived just outside Dublin, he’d fly into London City Airport on a Sunday mid morning, where he’d have his taxi parked on the enormous taxi rank there.
He’d work virtually round the clock, grabbing some zzzzzs in a sleeping bag in the taxi, showering and shaving in a hotel just outside the airport, where he had an “understanding” with the concierge.
He’d work through until Wednesday midday or early afternoon, then park up at LCY, and fly back to Dublin, having Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with his family, before starting again on Sunday.
I also knew two brothers in the mid eighties, who lived in Spain from November until April, then came back to driving their taxis in London from May until October, staying with family.
 
I'm about 6 miles from my workplace, it can take anything from 15 minutes to an hour and a half... traffic can be dreadful sometimes.
 
almoststew1990 said:
Mine is about 15 miles but for the past couple of weeks it has taken about 50 minutes to do this. This is wholly due to the M27, an average of 18mph!
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Be grateful you don't have to use the M3. Every damn morning I lose about 20 mins of my life queuing to get from Eastleigh past Winchester.

To the op - remember to factor in traffic. My commute is 36 miles (one way) of mostly motorway. It should take about 40 mins but never does. Sitting in traffic gets old real quick.
 
The_One said:
How far do you currently travel to work and is it a problem?

Potentially looking at a new career opportunity which would mean commuting 90 miles each way to a base 4 times a week.

Hour and a half each way doesn't sound much but I don't know if it would grate over a week?
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You'll grow tired of that very quickly, even for 4 times a week.

I previously had a job where my commute was Winchester to Keynsham (Bristol) which is was just short of a 90 mile drive via Newbury, M4 then drop back down. I'd be pushing it a lot if I managed that in an hour & forty. I think once it took me 4 hours to get home! I could have taken a shorter route, but that would guarantee a 2 hour + drive. Don't miss that drive in the slightest!

I'm now in a job where I'm just a mere 7 miles from home with a 15 - 20 minute drive.

As others have said, you'll be lucky to manage to do that journey in an hour & a half each time.
 
During the week = 0 minutes/0 miles although I do walk 3 miles a day dropping my daughter off at school and my son off at nursery.

Weekends, depends on where my function is for that day. I've driven anything from a couple of miles, to a 240 mile round trip coming up early Dec!!
 
My day to day commute is from my bed to my kitchen ( for Tea) then from my kitchen to my PC desk ( to drink Tea ) and then think how I'm going to spend money at OcUK :D
 
65 mins door to door..

15 min cycle (20 mins going home) >>> train from Chelmsford to Liverpool St 45>>> walk to work 5 mins.. If i can pass the coffee shop that is.
 
12.5 miles (15-20 minutes) of country road, and I start at 7:00-7:30am, so never any (much) traffic. It used to be ~4 miles (10-12 minutes) until I moved, but the ~4 mile commute was through the center of town, so in reality wasn't much quicker.

Muchlike @MissChief, if I were to change jobs, the commute (both distance and time of day) would be one of my biggest concerns, or there would have to be a substantial salary increase to make the move worthwhile. I had to drive to the center of Stockport last week at around 4pm, it reminded me how much I despise working 9-5 and commuting into a larger congested urban area!

I really need to find something where I can work from home most (if not all) of the time.
 
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18miles for me, takes around 40-45mins.
I'm driving out of the city and once I'm on the motorway, it's a 15-20min journey.
The rest is spent getting through the city.
 
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