What's the best bit about your journey to / from work?
What's the best bit about your journey to / from work?
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V8S

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8,582 posts

266 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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Leaving aside the obvious 'getting home' or 'seeing the kids' or 'getting away from the wife', what's the best thing, feeling or view you see or experience on your way to and from work?

Is it a girl you see on the tube, or maybe an overtaking spot you use, or an expansive vista, or maybe it's your favourite kebab van there as always. Maybe you pass a cool car or interesting building, or wave to your mate.

For me, it's coming down the hill through my village, past the thatched stone houses and pub with the sun bathing them in warm tones. Really rather pretty, and I get to experience it most days.

BrabusMog

21,770 posts

215 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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Driving past Frampton and going over the canal bridge knowing I have four miles of NSL twisty fun before I reach home smile

Although will soon be swapping that for a crammed tube journey.

okgo

42,114 posts

227 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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For me, its cycling along one of the more pleasant bits of the thames every morning smile

And the fact it gets me a bit fitter and takes 9 mins as opposed to 25 in the car.

elster

17,517 posts

239 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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About the fact it is none existent.

Waugh-terfall

18,488 posts

229 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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My current commute to my job (waiter at a hotel/restaurant/spa in town) is 2mi each way, but I have a railway bridge on a nice corner in a dip, I love booting it and flinging the car through and under it

Muzzer

3,814 posts

250 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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I can't quite choose between the right hand lane hoggers on the dual carriageway, the dawdlers at the traffic lights or the kamikaze Mums in their RAV4's...scratchchin

I'm glad my commute is only 15 mins each way. There's literally nothing interesting or remotely exciting about it....

pstruck

3,542 posts

278 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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For me it would be when traffic is busy and I decide to take the 'old' road home. It takes a fair bit longer, but is generally empty and has a few nice opportunities for getting things a bit sideways with all the electronic driver aids turned off. Oh and a short tunnel which tends to prompt the lowering of windows and a bootful of acceleration in second! smile

JJCW

2,449 posts

215 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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The one NSL section, i turn off a roundabout and blitz second gear all the way to 60 biggrin
Everything before then is 30, the roads are always empty and i just want to get to work and get a cuppa - so being a good boy feels so slow!!!

dirty boy

14,859 posts

238 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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A couple of fields, the broads, along lake lothing, over the railway, through the park.

Not bad.

Best bit? The LS7 Ultima, Nissan GTR and Porsche turbo all within 100 yards of each other.

GingerWizard

4,721 posts

227 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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The best bit to and from work is the 4-500Meter tunnel i go through. Method is, open windows, hifi off, enter tunnel in 4th at 4000rpm, nail the throttle and hear it sing to 8500rpm!!!! I love it!

Also there is a very very attractive young lady that sells me my smokes i pop in and see sometimes......


BoRED S2upid

21,044 posts

269 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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My journey is 10 miles takes about 15 mins through 3 little villages joined together by winding 60mph bits 2 lanes wide, I should post a Google map or something, anyway they are just windy enough that you get used to driving them at 60mph and then back down to 30 for the village. Lots of fun.

ascayman

13,329 posts

245 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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walking down regent st when the weather is like this

okgo

42,114 posts

227 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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ascayman said:
walking down regent st when the weather is like this
You've lost me...

pstruck

3,542 posts

278 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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okgo said:
ascayman said:
walking down regent st when the weather is like this
You've lost me...
Guessing hot sunny day, scantily clad females!

V8S

Original Poster:

8,582 posts

266 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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pstruck said:
okgo said:
ascayman said:
walking down regent st when the weather is like this
You've lost me...
Guessing hot sunny day, scantily clad females!
The only scantily clad females I see near my work are very much of the jailbait variety. (Local private girls school)

The rest of the women are mostly 70+.

Would be nice to have some legal eye candy about on days like this.

toasty

8,405 posts

249 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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I have an hour long train journey into Central London each day so there's not a bunch of good things to do.

I tend to watch films or series on the Ipod touch.

So far I've watched dozens of films, 5 series of Entourage, 6 series of The Shield, 4 series of Babylon 5, 2 series of Hustle, 3 of The Wire, 4 series of Scrubs and I'm just about to start the West Wing.

ascayman

13,329 posts

245 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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pstruck said:
okgo said:
ascayman said:
walking down regent st when the weather is like this
You've lost me...
Guessing hot sunny day, scantily clad females!
indeed! some wonderful sights.

okgo

42,114 posts

227 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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ascayman said:
pstruck said:
okgo said:
ascayman said:
walking down regent st when the weather is like this
You've lost me...
Guessing hot sunny day, scantily clad females!
indeed! some wonderful sights.
meh

ofcorsa

3,546 posts

272 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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Traffic controlled hump back bridge, When the lights are on green, you lose your stomach a bit like on a rollercoaster weeeeeeeeeee

Puggit

49,792 posts

277 months

Wednesday 19th August 2009
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The fact that it's different every day smile