Commuting anyone go further

[john75]

Thats some communte

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand

[scorp]

She must have a love of travelling or something, must be an interesting journey mind.

[off_again]

4 to 5 hours - yeah OK, I buy that.

But when it goes wrong, I hate to think!!!!

[r988]

Isn't that nice, doing it for the kids an all that, but how come greenpeace isn't harpooning her for the massive pollution she must cause, using buses, aircraft and a car? She must surely be responsible for the rise in the ocean level all by herself...

[john75]

What every Salary must she be on to afford a commute like that ?

[tiga84]

not as far, but still a bastard of a journey, only because it involves 3 different kinds of transport

Drive 20 minutes to station (usually after defrosting car for ½ hour first as on top of bloody hill), train for 40 minutes, then bus for further 15. One minute can throw everything right out of whack.

Journey time today: 1hr 45mins. and despite paying my £1.50 sodding machine didn't print ticket for bus, but ate the money anyway.

I might leave now............

[aberdeencraig]

been commuting this week to a course in aberdeen, 220 miles round trip, done nearly 1100miles so far this week! thank f**k its over.

[kerfuffle]

aberdeencraig said:

been commuting this week to a course in aberdeen, 220 miles round trip, done nearly 1100miles so far this week! thank f**k its over.

Shouldn't you be 'fifecraig' then?

[aberdeencraig]

lived in aberdeen when i logged on, cant be arsed changing it now

[nightdriver]

I know one of the blokes at Toyota F1, think it might be Mike Gascoyne, commutes from Oxford to Cologne each day! But he has the advantage of a private jet.

[deva link]

anonymous said:

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Hmm - wonder if she's available to help you with sums?

Trip costs £60, leaving her with £50 = £110 x 5 = £550 x 52 = £28600. And that's for a senior teacher with 30+ yrs in the job.

Of course, she may only be paid a 'day rate' in which case she won't even be paid over the holidays etc.

>> Edited by deva link on Friday 27th January 18:52

[Petrol_noggin]

bah, thats nothing, i commute between Milton Keynes and London and its taken me 6 hours before

[deva link]

anonymous said:

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How much tax will she be paying on £110/wk? I also added the line above that she may well not be paid during the holidays, so her income could well be something like £3500/yr.

[FourWheelDrift]

Don't forget she only does the trip once a week, plus it's probably cheaper than a return trip train commute to work in this country.

[moleamol]

FourWheelDrift said:

Don't forget she only does the trip once a week, plus it's probably cheaper than a return trip train commute to work in this country.

It's cheaper than going from Wigan to London unless you plan it three years in advance.

[john_p]

I like the way she is able to use public transport from her house all the way to Thetford, then it goes tits up and she has to use a car to do the last bit to school. Score one for an integrated transport policy, UK

[deva link]

anonymous said:

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Nope, you're not way out at all - £28K is about where it stops, for a primary school teacher on the standard pay scale. That's why, if you do the sum correctly, it comes out at £28K.

>> Edited by deva link on Friday 27th January 19:56

[R&J]

I travel 85 miles to Thetford each day, thats bad enough

[mxdi]

[quote=R&J]I travel 85 miles to Thetford each day, thats bad enough[/quote]


That must take hours!
I thought my daily commute of 45 miles was bad- spending 4 hours a day travelling isnt fun

Dont know why my quote wont work formatting looks ok



>> Edited by mxdi on Saturday 28th January 10:27

[marcp68]

I used to travel 235miles return each day (mind you it was against the traffic on the M40)!!