How long is your work commute?

Bounce · 9 Sep 2019 at 13:04

10-15 minutes by car

morkfromork · 9 Sep 2019 at 13:08

malachi said:
That's one journey I don't miss, coming from Smethwick or Oldbury when I lived there.

Tell me about it. I miss most of it in the morning a s i hit Junction 7 about 7 am but in the evening it is a nightmare even avoiding the motorway. Been doing it for the last 25 years so use to it now but some days it is a chore.

samcat · 9 Sep 2019 at 13:09

15 minutes to walk the boy to school, then 10-15 minutes to walk to work.

Andybtsn · 9 Sep 2019 at 13:09

25 mins to do 9.5 miles. Can often take longer if the town is busy that I drive through.

Hellsmk2 · 9 Sep 2019 at 13:45

Work from home 90% of the year, so in that instance my commute is zero. When I'm at a client site, the commute varies based on where in the country I'm meant to be.

bakes0310 · 9 Sep 2019 at 13:59

Work from home most of the time, probably go to the office once or twice a month, the rest of my time is going to see clients.

thegreysquirrel · 9 Sep 2019 at 14:08

About an hour each way. Wouldn't mind but it's only 20 miles. I do enjoy having a reasonably long time to listen to podcasts or audiobooks that I just wouldn't find the time to do otherwise though.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 9 Sep 2019 at 14:17

0.7 miles... about a 10 min walk each way since my mountain bike was stolen.

pepp77 · 9 Sep 2019 at 14:21

I leave my house at about 7.30am for an 8.30am start. Walk to the station takes until 7.40-7.45 depending on how energetic I feel. Train comes at 7.50am. This gets me into Waterloo for 8.15am and then it is about a 10 minute walk into the office.

Not the best commute but also not a bad one either.

Chris1712 · 9 Sep 2019 at 15:19

5 minute walk. I used to drive around 30 mins, but the costs just infuriated me. Completely rules out running a 'nice' car if you're doing 20k a year just to get to work.

Arcane · 9 Sep 2019 at 15:30

40 mins each way, every minute a delight as I get to stand squashed against people with seemingly no running water to wash with and trip up on their suitcases. As a bonus I get to change onto the Victoria Line and get shouldered by phone fatties at Oxford Circus.

iMacMart · 9 Sep 2019 at 15:44

Anything from an hour to 1.5 (2 hours if motorways are closed but thats once or twice a year) hours in the car one way, and the same back again

Letchworth to Watford, love my job but not so keen on the drive, trains would be more expense and hassle though

UTmaniac · 9 Sep 2019 at 15:45

Typically less than 20mins in, 25mins home by bike, depending on wind direction, luck at traffic lights and if I can be bothered to "blast" it or not (in which case you can take 5mins+ off both directions).

Spook187 · 9 Sep 2019 at 16:41

Although I work all over the UK and the hours of driving can be insane, it's good to see a bit of the country instead of looking out of the same office window or watching some office droid dragging their feet to the coffee machine day in day out .

The IPB · 9 Sep 2019 at 16:46

Walk my daughter and son to school, 25 mins, then walk back the other direction to work 35 mins.

Scam · 9 Sep 2019 at 17:42

25mins on the tube. 5min walk one end and 10mins the other. Call it 45mins all in.

loltim · 10 Sep 2019 at 02:54

25 mins on the bike

Squid Vicious · 10 Sep 2019 at 06:51

About 1hr 20mins each way, train into London from Surrey then tube.
If any issues reported on trains I'll just work from home.

Used to live in zone 2 London but moving out has worked out nicely, it's nice to have country side on the doorstep and live in a more relaxing area. Also ment house, drive, garage & garden was affordable compare to the alternative of a 2 bed flat in London.

martin363 · 10 Sep 2019 at 07:00

about 60 mins each way, but only 12km, across HCMC, Vietnam. Most frustrating commute.

pagepack · 10 Sep 2019 at 08:34

I went from 3hrs (combined) to 1hr. The way I look at it is, I've got 10hr a week of my life back.