Anyone have a fun/ interesting commute?

[Mr_J]

Krikkit said:

Been lucky to commute down some great roads - my favourite is the A548 from Louth to Wragby while I was commuting to Lincoln every day. That road is an absolute slice of heaven for the area.

I'm sure commuting in N Wales would be much more fun

You mean the A157? Had a great run last week and for probably the first time ever I didn't see another car until I was South of Wragby.

I used to commute from Worthing to Sandhurst 2/3 times a week. I used to love the view of the South Downs from North of Arundel. The sun rising in the distance with fog in the valley made the early start and the drive worth it.

[Giantt]

Used to commute Durham to Edinburgh every night,coldstream.route was great, knowing where cameras were,coming back at four in the morning could be interesting... with the deer!!

[48k]

Sway said:

I used to schelp over the South Downs from Chichester to Crawley - initially in a GTM Libra, then a modded MX5 NB. Was great fun, at normal road speeds.

Amazing views and some nice winding roads with loads of elevation changes. Bury Hill was a daily highlight.

No commute which ends up in Crawley can be described as "interesting" .

[ChocolateFrog]

Did Woodhead pass 5 times a week for a couple of years on a Bandit 1200.

I got pretty good at it.

Fell off twice (on the same day). Michelin Pilot Road 3's couldn't handle more than a cm or so of snow but other than that 20 odd thousand miles of decent twisties.

[Pishtonhead]

TeeGTI said:

Pishtonhead said:

Today’s commute involved a ferry from Gourock to Dunoon. I do this every couple of weeks. Sometimes to Isle of Bute too.
The grind from Dumbarton to Campbeltown is stunning but I don’t see it as I’m trying to make progress from A-B-A as quick as I can.

I have to commute from your way up to Inverness in a couple of weeks, going to leave early and head up the A82 to make it interesting

A82 is a lot better than the average speed cameras on A9. Just watch out for the occasional speed traps. Better scenery as well.

[georgeyboy12345]

The most fun commute I used to drive was a 15 mile commute in Kent from Stuppington on the outskirts of Canterbury down a load of unclassified country back roads/lanes, avoiding the traffic of Canterbury and the horrendous A2, before joining the A257 and onto Sandwich where I worked. Was pretty fun in my NB MX-5 in the summer with the roof down. Pulled off some dodgy overtakes on those lanes! I got fed up of it though and moved nearer to Broadstairs, so it can't have been that fun.

[parabolica]

A couple of years ago the commute was perfect; 10 miles of Scottish B road followed by another 10 miles of dual carriageway; hardly ever any traffic, 20 mins on a good day and nice smooth roads.

Now it’s a 60km jaunt through the Dutch countryside. Luckily mostly all on one single busy A road but with constant traffic both ways it is a case of switching on the auto pilot and just letting the car do most of the work whilst I chill and listen to some podcasts.

[cobra kid]

Hillsborough to Worksop for the last 17 years. fk no.

[Kawasicki]

Flowing Bavarian forest roads, followed by a 15km on Germany‘s fastest stretch of Autobahn. Hardly any traffic.

Simply glorious.

[XJSJohn]

EBRANDON1 said:

XJSJohn said:

have had some "different" ones ....

• Asoke to Wireless Road in Bangkok in a puckup truck (too far / hot / humid to walk to BTS so lazyness and desire for aircon usually kicked in)
• Grand Indonesia Mall to South Jakarta (similar excuse to BKK)
• Going home, up South Buona Vista Road in an aircooled 911 - best "hillclimb" in singapore
• Tsim Sha Tsui to Central on teh Star Ferry in HK

UK commutes are all dull and mundane.

Puts Birkenhead tunnel to shame a bit...

I've been a passenger across Medan city in Indonesia and not sure I could commute in that traffic every day though!

Medan is lightweight compared to JKT or BKK!!!

[Sporky]

I only go to the office once a month so it's not too much of a grind until the last bit.

Wiggly country lanes to a vaguely interesting A-road, then wiggly B-roads, then the last two miles into Reading, which are sometimes grim.

[Avenicus]

Used to commute from Milton Keynes to Stevenage

Can go through Woburn deer park and cross the twisty roads and come out for a quick blast down the A1 which was nice.

Originally in a Lotus Elise and then in the summer on a Triumph Daytona 675 (Hatfield tunnel at lunchtime just for the noise).

Some scary moments with the local wildlife at times!