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How far for you?
My 14 non-motorway-miles journey could soon turn into 27 mostly motorway miles...by choice...just wondered what people do on average.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 9:59 pm
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1/8 mile.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:01 pm
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I used to work at home. Then it was 9 miles. Now it's less than 2.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:02 pm
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30 mostly motorway miles each way.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:02 pm
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30 mile each way, all on dual carriageway. Takes between thirty mins and forty depending on traffic.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:02 pm
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46 miles. Single, dual, motorway and ring roads


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:03 pm
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3.3 miles


 
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Posted : 19/11/2013 10:04 pm
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8.5 miles, 95% country roads


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:05 pm
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35 miles each way, mainly A roads. 6music on the DAB, coffee in the cup holder and toast on the dash.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:05 pm
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24 duel and motorway 35 - 40 mins average


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:06 pm
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7 miles for me. ½ a mile for the Mrs.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:06 pm
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Until a few weeks ago, was doing 73 miles each way. Now work 280 miles from home but only do it at the start and the end of each week.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:06 pm
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5 miles.

20 min ride or a 40 min run.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:08 pm
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2 miles


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:08 pm
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75 miles each way as a minimum, more if I'm out and about. A lot different to the 50m walk I had six months ago.

Cruise control and long audiobooks ftw.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:09 pm
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Short route is just shy of 3 miles, country road and busy B road.

The route I take (on bike) is 5 miles and all country roads.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:09 pm
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7m from the kettle, 2 3 from the bed (home office)
550km to the proper office (once every 6-8 weeks)
after that we are talking 2/3 flights for most jobs

back in the UK it was 30 miles/90 mins around manchester or 30 miles 35-40 mins in Cumbria


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:10 pm
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6771 miles for the last few years. Only 67 now

(I don't cycle it)


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:10 pm
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I work from home mostly but go to London one day a week, sometimes two.
That entails a 13 miles on the scooter, 120 miles on the train (2hrs) and then another 3 miles on the bike I keep at Paddington.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:11 pm
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120 M1 miles each way. Usually 3 times a week. Work from home the other days.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:12 pm
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30 miles each way


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:13 pm
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I use to do 45-50 miles into West London, took just less than an hour on the m/c whatever the time and between 1 and 2 hours in the car, depending on time. Public transport took longer.

I now cover 6 miles in 9 minutes 🙂


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:14 pm
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Used to be 45 miles+ each way.way.
Now a mile at most unless I choose to ride a circuit. 😀


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:14 pm
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8 yards


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:15 pm
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30 miles. Usually by train (cycle to/from the station). March to October I ride at least one direction 2 or 3 times a week.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:17 pm
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why the interest?
7 miles for me.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:23 pm
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Approximately a mile.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:27 pm
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3.5 miles - 3.25 of it miles on bridleways


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:29 pm
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Up the hill and turn left. Under a minute.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:31 pm
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1 mile. It's nice to walk to work but I miss sitting in the car and listening to the radio to be honest


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:32 pm
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I used to do a 40-50 minute drive. Dropping to a 10 min cycle was a massive breath of fresh air. Now work from home which is even better. You'd have to drag me kicking and screaming to a 27 mile journey.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:34 pm
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30 miles, mainly motorway, about 45mins 'cos I drive like Miss Daisy's chauffeur to save diesel, (and what's the rush?, I'm only going to work 😀 )

Or 15 drive and 12.5 ride a couple of times a week. Brilliant.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:34 pm
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This week, about 3 urban miles, occasionally 17, often working from home, sometimes working on it.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:38 pm
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12 miles, 30 mins drive in morn, 45-60 evening 🙁


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:57 pm
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28 miles each way, one day a week.

a quick stagger across the landing the rest of the week


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 10:59 pm
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3 miles to 1st job 3 days a week, 10 miles to 2nd job 3days a week.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 11:26 pm
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29 miles each way if I go to the office. 90 miles each way when I go to see the customer, usually about once a week.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 11:55 pm
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75 min commute, 1 mile walk, 25 mile train ride, tube plus another 1/2 mile walk

Did 90-100 mins each way for a while, far too long.


 
Posted : 19/11/2013 11:58 pm
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bout 20 foot now.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:14 am
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Live in North Yorkshire, commute to Darwin/East Timor/Papua New Guinea each month for work. CTW scheme doesnt apply for some reason. Exact distance unknown..its a lot though.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:24 am
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Currently 7 miles on road, 6 off-road, generally bike or run it.

Anything up to about 10 miles or so is a good bike commute IMO. Racing snakes might handle a bit further - but you can always add a detour to a short ride, harder to shorten a long one!

I drove to work for a few months in my first job, just cos I didn't really think about it...11 flat miles was an easy cycle, or 25 when I got bored with the job and wanted a longer ride!


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 2:35 am
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Normally about 13K or 32K the long way. Slight change in job focus means i now have a once every two month commute of 11,683 miles 😯


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 3:07 am
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I mostly do 15miles by bike. Occasionally drive 24miles cross country

Currently looking at a job involving a 6hr flight every 28days to wipe out my mortgage quick.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 3:09 am
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26 miles each way, approximately 40 minutes in a morning and 55 minutes at night


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 4:46 am
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12 miles each way - nice quiet roads. 15 minute drive or 40 minute ride.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 5:14 am
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15 miles but busy roads takes about 30-40 mins on motorbike.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 5:27 am
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About 1.5 miles tops, less than ten minutes. Priceless.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 6:21 am
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About 35 miles of a-road and motorway. Worth it for my job, and it's fine when you're used to it. I could move closer, but to be honest **** living in or near Milton Keynes, it's somehow duller than Northants around there!


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 6:25 am
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15 miles each way.

25 minutes most days. Average for this week is about 75 though.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 6:54 am
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about 30ft


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 6:58 am
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Horrified how many drive here.

24 for me, between 1.5 and 2 hours each way.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 7:00 am
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was 2 1/2 miles, then I moved house, went up to 5 1/2 miles.

Then got made redundant, and now work from home. 6 yards from back door to shed?


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 7:11 am
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Will you be remunerated to reflect the increased cost of travel?


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 7:12 am
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Depends..office in garden but customers in the far corners of scotchland.

Yesterday - 20'
Tomorrow - ft William so 130 each way

🙂


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 7:30 am
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3 miles. 20 second walk to the train station, 10 minute train, 5 minute walk to the office


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 8:13 am
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42 motorway miles each way.
if i stay at his house its a 5 mile cycle each way.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 8:57 am
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12 miles, either all by car into Nottingham, or 50/50 road and cycle paths and tow paths.

In nice weather and time permitting, 18 miles entirely on tow paths and riverside paths. Passing a few nice pubs en route.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 10:47 am
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Work from home, although the 2 offices I work for are about 30miles and 200miles away.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 10:53 am
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20- 35km depending on where the wife is working.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 10:58 am
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A mere 22 miles each way along the M62 corridor, or what I lovingly call 'Death Valley' due to the stupid/dangerous driving I see most days 🙁


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:04 am
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20 miles, motorway all the way if I want (or should I say car park) apart from the first and last mile.

I only drive Tuesday/Thursday though as those are my gym days, cycle the rest of the days.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:14 am
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35 miles each way 🙁

From 2014 it will be a 0.5 mile walk 🙂


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:16 am
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About 4km. Takes between 9 and 14 minutes, depending upon which lights I hit.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:24 am
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My current job in Edinburgh is about 3.5 miles to the office and the commute takes less than 10 minutes. My new role in London is going to be about the same distance but will be about half-an-hour by foot and public transport.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:27 am
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Shortest 5m

Longest 6700 miles.

Typically 35 miles each way for about 20 weeks a year.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:30 am
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Mostly work from home. The two customer sites I do have to visit, one office is a mile away and the other less than half a mile. Going back to having a proper commute would be hard!


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:31 am
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20 miles, motorway all the way if I want (or should I say car park)
I'll say it for you Gary 👿

I have to drive in as use car during the day, and I sit on that darned M77 then Kingston Bridge every day - it's the lesser of 2 evils compared with High st and Gorbals.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:35 am
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Fortunately I either cycle or leave the house early on gym days Iain.

I work in the gorbals and the polmadie junction for getting onto the m74 is a disaster - I just go Rtherglen/EK/GSO now.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:44 am
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Gary - yeah, it's getting worse 🙁 I work up near Dales, so it's EK, Castlemilk, Gorbals, High St in the morn and Kingston Br/M8/M77/GSO home.

drives me nuts 👿


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:48 am
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35 miles each may at the moment. All motorway, about 45 mins. In a couple of weeks it will be 15 miles each way, all A roads so about the same time wise.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:53 am
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[i]I work up near Dales, so it's EK, Castlemilk, Gorbals, High St in the morn and Kingston Br/M8/M77/GSO home.[/i]

I feel your pain. I probably cycle past you in the morning 🙂


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 11:58 am
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I probably cycle past you in the morning

....quite a few people do !!


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:00 pm
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55-60 miles cross country each way. 1h15-2h00.

Currently every day but pretty soon it'll be 1 or 2 times a week on average.

Was 5500 miles each way earlier this year-every 6-8 weeks.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:03 pm
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3 miles each way by bike. Was 3.5, but we recently moved to the other end of the business park!


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:04 pm
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6 miles for me. Mostly A Road (by name anyway, you'd never guess it was an A Road if you didn't know!).


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:05 pm
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38 miles each way in the motorway mostly. Either an hour in the car or 90 mins in the train. Train is cheaper though. I try to ride back once or twice a week but my motivation is not frat at the moment due to crap weather.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:07 pm
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53 miles, 1h15m by motorway, bloody hell it's annoying


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:16 pm
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45 miles either way, mostly M40, used to be about 45 minutes, sneaking up towards 55 now so I'm a bit over it. Tried using the train but no cheaper than the car and much more time-expensive, if that's a term I can use.


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:20 pm
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I wonder if there is any correlation between home working and forum activity 😉


 
Posted : 20/11/2013 12:34 pm