How do you lot do it???

[speed8]

The commute I mean.

Since I left Uni I've never had to do the 'commute' (well I do but it involves a few thousand miles at a time).

Today I had to get to Sheffield to do some shopping (new board boots/jacket) I left Leeds at 5pm guessing I had loads of time as the shop shut at 7pm.
At 6pm I was at Hillsbrough, only 2 1/2 miles to go, easy.....
Nope after 45 minutes I had covered a grand total of 400 yards according to my GPS.
At this point I gave up and turned around. Take me home I told the box of electrickery. 40 mins later I was back in the house sipping my tea and wondering how you lot put up with it every day.

I'll try again tomorrow but this time I'm taking the bike.

[jamassey]

Buy it on-line with next day delivery?

I live in London, you get used to going no where quickly!

[wedg1e]

I know, it's a pain in the @r53.
My usual commute is four minutes; if the traffic is bad it can take as long as seven....

[voyds9]

Stereo on, brain off.

[Size Nine Elm]

wedg1e said:

I know, it's a pain in the @r53. My usual commute is four minutes; if the traffic is bad it can take as long as seven....

My commute is about 20 seconds; it can be as much as 25 if I trip over the dog in the hall between the kitchen and the study.

[xiphias]

Sheffield is gridlocked in Rush Hour. Best bet is probably the train. Whereabouts were you heading out of interest?

[cotty]

You think thats bad try the train.

I just read a newspaper in the morning and car mag in the evening and hopefully get a fast train in the evening and a seat in the morning

[speed8]

xiphias said:

Sheffield is gridlocked in Rush Hour. Best bet is probably the train. Whereabouts were you heading out of interest?

SnowandRock up at the dry slope. Came in the A61 no probs till Hillsbrough.

[speed8]

jamassey said:

Buy it on-line with next day delivery?

Normally would but with board boots fit is everything.

[duncanthemad]

cotty said:

You think thats bad try the train. I just read a newspaper in the morning and car mag in the evening and hopefully get a fast train in the evening and a seat in the morning

My Dad did the train commute from deepest darkest Essex to London for something like 20-25 years. How he did it I have no idea, although he is rather good at cryptic crosswords .

I myself managed all of about 8 months commuting from Reading to Cannon St by train and tube before I was ready to quit.

Incidentally, my commute is now by car (130 miles a day, 3 days a week) and I love it. Being able to choose the times I travel is about the only reason I can do it though. Getting up extremely early is small price to pay for a stress free journey

[littlegreenfairy]

speed8 said:

xiphias said: Sheffield is gridlocked in Rush Hour. Best bet is probably the train. Whereabouts were you heading out of interest? SnowandRock up at the dry slope. Came in the A61 no probs till Hillsbrough.

Bloody nightmare to get up to the dry slope - first time I did it I thought I was about to drop off the edge of the world. Friendly bit of advice tho - don't get boots from there as they are marked up something chronic. I got mine at decathalon (on the main road so also easier to get to) and they were £50 cheaper than S&R. In the end got last years colours and saved £120

[mybrainhurts]

********NEWSFLASH********

Sheffield was brought to a standstill this art'noon because of three buses....

Two broke down in strategic places and one crashed on the Park Square roundabout that links Sheffield and the M1.....


Try again tomorrow.......




edited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds.......

heehee

>> Edited by mybrainhurts on Monday 21st November 20:59

[xiphias]

mybrainhurts said:

edited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds....... heehee

[littlegreenfairy]

without trying to start a city war or indeed north v south...I have to say I'd rather live in Leeds than Sheffy. Think about it - we wouldn't have to suffer Meadowhell to get a reasonable amount of shopping done!

Also, met someone today who thought that Avon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire were part of Wales and when I pointed out that actually they were not he accused us of wanting it to be in Wales but tough luck it'll never be and we're deluded...LOL oh and apparently - where he comes from there are mixed schools unlike the South where there are only single sex ones...I'm not trying to generalise about people from Sheffield but it does make you wander

(please note I have nothing against people in Sheffield so please don't take offence - I have to live here so if I'm living here it can't be THAT bad..)

[speed8]

mybrainhurts said:

edited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds....... heehee

Oi, I'm an exile. Sheffield is too far south for my liking, Leeds is about as far as I can handle.

>> Edited by speed8 on Monday 21st November 21:15

[mybrainhurts]

littlegreenfairy said:

I have to say I'd rather live in Leeds than Sheffy....

Gasp....holy wotnot...........sharp intake of breath







Think you'd better hide under a table for a while, lgf.....t'internet has ears......

[littlegreenfairy]

speed8 said:

[quote=mybrainhurtsedited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds....... heehee

Oi, I'm an exile. Sheffield is too far south for my liking, Leeds is about as far as I can handle.[/quote]

SOUTH?? SOUTH?? are you right in the mind???? I feel like I'm postively in the outer Hebredies I'm so far north..and yes..I am a southern fairy...How bloody cold is it here at the moment???

[speed8]

littlegreenfairy said:

speed8 said: mybrainhurts said: edited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds....... heehee Oi, I'm an exile. Sheffield is too far south for my liking, Leeds is about as far as I can handle. SOUTH?? SOUTH?? are you right in the mind???? I feel like I'm postively in the outer Hebredies I'm so far north..and yes..I am a southern fairy...How bloody cold is it here at the moment???

I'm from the frozen North, well.... Glasgow/Inverness. Quiet roads, people who speak proper, that kind of stuff.
I got a nose bleed the last time I went to London.

[xiphias]

littlegreenfairy said:

speed8 said: mybrainhurts said: edited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds....... heehee Oi, I'm an exile. Sheffield is too far south for my liking, Leeds is about as far as I can handle. SOUTH?? SOUTH?? are you right in the mind???? I feel like I'm postively in the outer Hebredies I'm so far north..and yes..I am a southern fairy...How bloody cold is it here at the moment???

I tried She still thinks the M25 is to protect London from the rest of the country though! I give up..

[mybrainhurts]

littlegreenfairy said:

ONE DAY, I WILL GET THE HANG OF THIS FORMATTING THING

[quote=speed8][quote=mybrainhurtsedited to say.....serves you right for living in Leeds.......

heehee



Oi, I'm an exile. Sheffield is too far south for my liking, Leeds is about as far as I can handle.

SOUTH?? SOUTH?? are you right in the mind???? I feel like I'm postively in the outer Hebredies I'm so far north..and yes..I am a southern fairy...How bloody cold is it here at the moment???