How much is your commute?

pimento

zagubov wrote: »

I seem to recall reading ages ago that estate agents used to find people with a commute of 100 minutes or more each way would be very likely to put their houses on the market within a year or two. my commute ewas a bit less than that and I lasted a few years but I can see what they mean.

I've been doing it (only for the money and pension) for fifteen years. I have fours years until I'm 60 and I can retire.
Trust me when I tell you that I'm counting down the days..

zagubov

Not trying to change the subject, but If your commute's by public transport you can stuff your mp3 player with podcasts.
No Such Thing As A Fish by the QI Elves
James O'Brien's Mystery Hour by LBC
Friday Night Comedy from the BBC
Sixty Second Idea to Improve the World by the BBC.
The Moth podcast.
And so on.

or free spoken books.
e.g. Brothers Grimm Lunch Break
or for iphones
http://audiobook-builder.en.softonic.com/mac
and https://librivox.org/ (which also has an app for android)
I've got through loads of classics that way.

Makes commutes a lot less of an ordeal.

DigForVictory

I had a boss live in Nottingham work in London for the two years needed to score enough brownie points to get a promotion. His medic reckoned his body had aged 5 years in the time but the promotion made for a more comfortable retirement three years later. A decade ago the extra salary did not cover the £4000 train pass but work paid for that.

He loved the occasional day off to check up on me working in Liverpool as he got to sleep in an entire hour longer, come over & see me, then accept my invitation to a late lunch at the local microbrewery before I saw him onto a direct train that terminated at Nottingham, with some of the tea club biscuit stash tucked into various pockets. I got brownie points too!

Kreacher

zagubov wrote: »

Not trying to change the subject, but If your commute's by public transport you can stuff your mp3 player with podcasts.
No Such Thing As A Fish by the QI Elves
James O'Brien's Mystery Hour by LBC
Friday Night Comedy from the BBC
Sixty Second Idea to Improve the World by the BBC.
The Moth podcast.
And so on.

or free spoken books.
e.g. Brothers Grimm Lunch Break
or for iphones
http://audiobook-builder.en.softonic.com/mac
and https://librivox.org/ (which also has an app for android)
I've got through loads of classics that way.

Makes commutes a lot less of an ordeal.

Thank you! I listen to lots of podcasts whilst I'm working already

Kreacher

Thank you for all the replies everyone! Got lots to think about now.

benjus

I live in London Zone 5 and work in Canary Wharf (Zone 2). Commute takes a little under an hour door-to-door and costs about £100 per month (annual travelcard). I avoid the tube as much as possible and use trains and DLR, and I usually get a seat for the whole of the morning journey.

hazyjo

Chingford to Liverpool Street = £1,608pa (if website up to date, thought it was a tad more). (30 mins)


Next year, it may be Chalkwell to Fenchurch Street at £3,232. (50-ish mins)


C'est la vie...


Jx

pimento

hazyjo wrote: »

Chingford to Liverpool Street = £1,608pa (if website up to date, thought it was a tad more). (30 mins)


Next year, it may be Chalkwell to Fenchurch Street at £3,232. (50-ish mins)


C'est la vie...


Jx

It's a lot cheaper without the all zones add-on.

hazyjo

pimento wrote: »

It's a lot cheaper without the all zones add-on.

Presume yours was with the add-ons then? Yep was much steeper when I looked online! Thankfully I should be able to walk from Fenchurch St to Liverpool St every day to save the tube (which I hate).


*waves at almost-neighbour next year*


Jx

thedroidyou'relookingfor

You should get a Piaggio MP3 trike.. they're much cheaper than trains, much quicker, more flexible and legal to ride on a car license!