Whose got the longest commute from where they can park?
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Staying with a mate down in Brighton the other night, I had to drive round for ages trying find a parking space – the roads were absolutely chock-a-block with parked cars. When I eventually did find a space, it was close on a 10 minute walk back to my mate’s.
My mate reckoned this was pretty typical.
Got me wondering though, whose got the longest daily commute from where they can park to their house?
My mate reckoned this was pretty typical.
Got me wondering though, whose got the longest daily commute from where they can park to their house?
Local council is converting all the parking outside my flat to short-stay/disabled only and widening a lot of the pavements, residents have been advised to use a public car park a ~10 minute walk away. They are planning on doing this sometime prior to 2018. So I think I will be in that group before long, which sucks since I am able to park right outside ~90% of the time, I am genuinely considering just ignoring the tickets because the hell am I walking 10 minutes up a hill in the pissing rain every day after work.
Although there is a big local petition going about and the town councilor is being absolutely slated, so they might u-turn on the parking again (just as they did when they decided to make aforementioned public car park pay & display for about 2 years)
Although there is a big local petition going about and the town councilor is being absolutely slated, so they might u-turn on the parking again (just as they did when they decided to make aforementioned public car park pay & display for about 2 years)
When we lived at Seven Dials (in Brighton) we were walking back from parking the car 10 mins walk away from the flat and a bloke said out of the window of his Merc 'I've just paid half a million quid for a house and I can't find a f
king parking space'
(To put that in perspective, we lived in a 50 grand flat -, it was a long time ago, so his was a very expensive house)
We resisted the temptation to say that if he could afford that much for a house he should have bought one with a drive! The 60 grand house we bought a few months later had a drive, garage and loads of on street parking!
We still have a 10 second commute to the car
king parking space'(To put that in perspective, we lived in a 50 grand flat -, it was a long time ago, so his was a very expensive house)
We resisted the temptation to say that if he could afford that much for a house he should have bought one with a drive! The 60 grand house we bought a few months later had a drive, garage and loads of on street parking!
We still have a 10 second commute to the car
FFS, bane of my life. Thankfully now selling up, but had a flat in central Bristol. No parking, naturally, but that was fine since there was free on street parking 5mins walk away. Sometimes a real trek in the evenings if it was full as everything filled up, and it was all uphill.
Now, that area has gone residents only. Because I'm not a resident of that 'zone' I can't park there. Or indeed now anywhere within 4 miles. Thanks all.
I'm on a private central estate, with access roads serving businesses although no 'official' residential parking. I popped into the management office to tell them that I was loading up a van to move out, and the utter, utter cockwomble who I think runs it said 'well who's given you permission to use the access road?'
My reply of 'I fking live there, I can't fricking levitate my furniture out' didn't go down too well!
Now, that area has gone residents only. Because I'm not a resident of that 'zone' I can't park there. Or indeed now anywhere within 4 miles. Thanks all.
I'm on a private central estate, with access roads serving businesses although no 'official' residential parking. I popped into the management office to tell them that I was loading up a van to move out, and the utter, utter cockwomble who I think runs it said 'well who's given you permission to use the access road?'
My reply of 'I f
king live there, I can't fricking levitate my furniture out' didn't go down too well!yeager2004 said:
Staying with a mate down in Brighton the other night, I had to drive round for ages trying find a parking space – the roads were absolutely chock-a-block with parked cars.
I used to dump my car the large underground car park by the seafront ... unless the Looney Greenies have closed that down?
My soon-to-be workplace has a car park at either end, but if you drive in and were to be unlucky enough to only get a space at the far end of one car park and your department is at the other end of the site, it's a 0.62 mile walk assuming you can go in a straight line through the buildings. Edit: just remembered that's for the main site, there's another site a 10-12 minute walk away which, if you're only in there temporarily and it's not your normal department, you can't park in so I've heard.
Fortunately I won't have to worry about the walk through the main site as, erm, I'm already walking the 1.3 miles to the site entrance from my house.
Fortunately I won't have to worry about the walk through the main site as, erm, I'm already walking the 1.3 miles to the site entrance from my house.
Edited by CB2152 on Monday 12th June 22:52
caelite said:
Local council is converting all the parking outside my flat to short-stay/disabled only and widening a lot of the pavements, residents have been advised to use a public car park a ~10 minute walk away. They are planning on doing this sometime prior to 2018. So I think I will be in that group before long, which sucks since I am able to park right outside ~90% of the time, I am genuinely considering just ignoring the tickets because the hell am I walking 10 minutes up a hill in the pissing rain every day after work.
Although there is a big local petition going about and the town councilor is being absolutely slated, so they might u-turn on the parking again (just as they did when they decided to make aforementioned public car park pay & display for about 2 years)
The council did that about 10-15 years ago where I used to live. We moved. It was just a nightmare. Luckily as it was during the property boom we did alright but had it been a few years later we would have been screwed.Although there is a big local petition going about and the town councilor is being absolutely slated, so they might u-turn on the parking again (just as they did when they decided to make aforementioned public car park pay & display for about 2 years)
They also reduced the high street from 2 lanes each way to 1 way each way saying it would create a better atmosphere for shoppers and all it actually did was line the pockets of the council as the car park at either end of the street went from £1 for 2 hours to £1.50 per hour. They are still at it now and recently closed the high street to everyone except buses and taxis. Its all fine if you don't actually live there but if you live in that close area its just a total cluster f*ck to get in or out now.
When I worked at Rolls Royce in Bristol, if you got in a bit late it was a good 5 minute walk from the car to the building, and then several more minutes to my desk. If it was raining I was better off commuting by motorbike as I'd be drier buy the time I got in 
Where I've been working the last few months getting from work to my car involved a 5 minute walk, 20 minute bus ride, half an hour on a train, hour on a plane, hour on another train and 15 minutes in a taxi.
Where I've been working the last few months getting from work to my car involved a 5 minute walk, 20 minute bus ride, half an hour on a train, hour on a plane, hour on another train and 15 minutes in a taxi.
TBH I moan now if the office car park is full and I have to park on the road.
About 15 years we moved from a little edge of the empire office in a trading estate to the centre of Cardiff, the spaces they gave us were about a 10-15 walk to the office, I quite liked it, most of the time away, in the middle of winter it was a bit of a drag but for the most part it was a nice way to get brain into gear on the way in and detangle on the way out.
About 15 years we moved from a little edge of the empire office in a trading estate to the centre of Cardiff, the spaces they gave us were about a 10-15 walk to the office, I quite liked it, most of the time away, in the middle of winter it was a bit of a drag but for the most part it was a nice way to get brain into gear on the way in and detangle on the way out.
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