Your Commute, in 15 words or less...

karl j
karl j Posts: 517
edited September 2008 in Commuting chat
A fairly self-explanatery (sp?) title so er, thats it really... Ok, i'll go first.

town - country lanes, farmland, Norfolk Broads, cows, wildlife, windmills, villages - town. flat. bstd headwind sometimes .

Anyone else ?
Morning route (when i don't get the train)

Evening route ,
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  • Beeblebrox
    Beeblebrox Posts: 145
    A-roads, roundabouts, surface dressing equals quick
    Country lanes, tow-paths, fields, cycle paths equals slow
  • ris
    ris Posts: 392
    town, lanes, onto ridgeway, stunning view, down onto busy road, unwelcome little hill at office

    the ridgeway makes up for most of the commute, you can see across to westbury and what i assume is the edge of salisbury plain. on a clear day it is fabulous.
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Old Kent Road, Elephant and Castle, The Mall, appalling state of roads, patient bus-drivers, fun.
  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    a.m - A-roads, town traffic, small climb, flat, more uphill, out of breath.

    p.m. - Country lane, nice views, village, rat-run, more views, tree-lined lane.


    I know it's more than 15 words, but the two rides are quite different. The morning ride is on busy arterial routes into and out of Shrewsbury. The way home takes longer and follows mostly U/C lanes or B-roads arcing to the North of the town. They share only the first 200 yards from my house. This thread has prompted me to think of taking the camera and making a visual story as well.
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  • dondare
    dondare Posts: 2,113
    Traffic-lights, traffic-lights, traffic-lights, hill, traffic-lights, Traffic-lights, traffic-lights, traffic-lights, hill.
    This post contains traces of nuts.
  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    sunny great,
    rainy soggy,
    potholes pants,
    embankment great,
    headwind always,
    puncture boo,
    shower great,
    breakfast earnt

    ok it was 16 words but it wouldn't have worked with an odd number
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  • afghan_dave
    afghan_dave Posts: 71
    18 mph headwinds, dead cows and more hills than you can shake a stick at.
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  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    afghan_dave wrote:
    18 mph headwinds, dead cows and more hills than you can shake a stick at.

    Good first post......dead cows?
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    200 yards of speed bumps followed by 20 miles of England's finest countryside & villages.

    16 words with the ampersand. It's a great ride and has the advantage of offering a dozen permutations to prevent it getting samey. There's also a colossal climb if I fancy it on one variation.Life's good...
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    residential streets onto fast main road heavy traffic many lights high street kensington gridlock filtering.
    FCN 7/1
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  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    Quiet country lanes into city centre hell, or lovely towpathness. Down in, up back. 24km.
  • DancesWithSheep
    DancesWithSheep Posts: 51
    bus-dodging taxi-missing fist-shaking gear-spinning rlj-hating jubilee-line-racing grinning halfwit
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  • dafruk
    dafruk Posts: 125
    Cars & buses in cycle lane, roadworks everywhere, still quicker than the bus and fun.
    FCN 7- Tourer, panniers, Lycra and clipless

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  • UnworthyPapaLazaru
    UnworthyPapaLazaru Posts: 422
    Bungalows
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    The Pond
    The Shore
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  • richk
    richk Posts: 564
    better than going by car
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    The A23.

    Camberwell

    Effing London
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Putney Bridge Is A Hill Compared To The Rest Of The Journey So Ner.
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  • patchy
    patchy Posts: 779
    Go. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. Stop.
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  • OldSkoolKona
    OldSkoolKona Posts: 655
    Uphill, Richmond Park, smile, Kingston, grrr, Hook, survive, Chessington, past the cars, uphill, downhill, arrive :lol:
  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    OldSkoolKona

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  • london_commuter
    london_commuter Posts: 13
    Speed bumps, speed bumps, ouch!
    Bendy bus, traffic cones, RLJers everywhere
    Waterloo and I'm done...
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    Coriander wrote:
    Old Kent Road, Elephant and Castle, The Mall, appalling state of roads, patient bus-drivers, fun.

    Sorry Coriander but surely this is supposed to be a fact based prose post?!

    My attempt

    Battersea park ahhhhh, Embankment yeehah, Parliament Square ARRGGHH, Regents Street grrrrrr, work phew made it!
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  • Gavin Gilbert
    Gavin Gilbert Posts: 4,019
    A journey to work :(
  • tuxpoo
    tuxpoo Posts: 138
    5:30am clipin... , milkman, joggers, tramp rummaging , paperboys smoking, dustcarts, speeders, wind turbine ... work clipout 6:45 am

    The tramp is called steve , I found hes got his own facebook group !

    add chav kids and white vans for home journey.

    Tux
  • That Petrol Emotion
    That Petrol Emotion Posts: 17
    Peace, mostly quiet country lanes, flat, deer, lakes, fun
  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    Suburbia, quiet town, level crossing, cyclepath, fireroads, sheep, cows, deer, dogs/owners, grinning like idiot!

    :D
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  • fonty1978
    fonty1978 Posts: 101
    Uphill,uphill dodge cars, avoid lorries, more busy roads, head down, power on to work!!
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  • mcmullej
    mcmullej Posts: 136
    autopilot through town, wave at M25 lemmings, boiled frog hill, Black Lion Hill, new tarmac
  • MilesXC
    MilesXC Posts: 40
    I HAVE TO PEDAL HARD AS IT'S UPHILL AND I'M LATE!
  • Specialized Needs
    Specialized Needs Posts: 802
    I suppose "Drive - Train - Walk" isn't really in keeping with this thread; so for when I cycle in:

    Drive :(
    unrack the tank

    uphillSLOWLY

    DOWNhillfaaaaasssssttttttttt

    A20 traffic :(

    OKR ratrun :D (Monopoly board colouring there)

    t
    w
    is-ty Lambeth
    b
    a
    ck roads

    bridge

    Windswept Millbank

    ... only the last 15 words of that are my cycle commute - well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :?

    Stuart

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