The 'I don't commute in London' thread

bails87

willy b wrote:

I now work, live and commute in London. Much more fun

London just has a "buzz"

Yes, it's certainly very.....'vibrant'.

Wooliferkins

Rural Oxfordshire for me. A variety of routes from Wantage to Stanford in the Vale. Just the rat runners on their way to the station to avoid.

rhext

bails87 wrote:

willy b wrote:

I now work, live and commute in London. Much more fun

London just has a "buzz"

Yes, it's certainly very.....'vibrant'.

You'll be needing those puncture-proof tyres today!

Blacktemplar

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Another beautiful day up here in sunny Glasgow, birds are singing, sky is blue.
Meanwhile in the City of London, the market goes into meltdown, brining the country to it's knees (once again).

Yes, its good to be far from the maddening crowd.

Pedant note: Hardy - Far from the madding crowd - sorry just one of those misquotes that irritates the hell out of me - nothing personal

Nope - right first time. I also have done two tours of the Londinium Front Lines and frankly the crowd is very maddening.

I have a lovely 12-mile commute from the leafy southside suburbs of Clarkston to the not-so-leafy and slightly-more-edgy suburb of "Chapelle-de-Tambour"

Oh, and my name isn't Simon.

Wallace1492

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Wallace1492 wrote:

Another beautiful day up here in sunny Glasgow, birds are singing, sky is blue.
Meanwhile in the City of London, the market goes into meltdown, brining the country to it's knees (once again).

Yes, its good to be far from the maddening crowd.

Pedant note: Hardy - Far from the madding crowd - sorry just one of those misquotes that irritates the hell out of me - nothing personal

Well J, it would be a misquote if I was quoting from Hardy, but as I was not, then you cannot pull me up! My context is that the crowded City of London maddens me.

bluehelmet

Kingston Park to Newcastle city centre for me.

Quick way is 4.5 miles over the town moor (watch out for the cows!) or the more usual is 12 miles down to the tyne and follow that in along the Scotswood Road or the river cycle path. Depends what mood I'm in / how late I am...

Fireblade96

I work mostly from home, so my "commute" is to the shops or the station, 2.5-3 miles from rural almost-Oxfordshire into Reading. 15 mins max by bicycle, anything up to an hour in a car with the current roadworks on Caversham bridge <shudder>.

I've cycled a bit around London and it's definitely preferable to the tube.

Wallace1492

I suppose commuting in London these days must be akin to that in Mogadishu, Baghdad and Kabul.

notsoblue

Wallace1492 wrote:

I suppose commuting in London these days must be akin to that in Mogadishu, Baghdad and Kabul.

Or Leith.

Fireblade96

Wallace1492 wrote:

I suppose commuting in London these days must be akin to that in Mogadishu, Baghdad and Kabul.

I predict massively increased sales of Marathon Plus and p*-repair kits.
Time to buy shares in Schwalbe.

the_fuggler

Fireblade96 wrote:

I work mostly from home, so my "commute" is to the shops or the station, 2.5-3 miles from rural almost-Oxfordshire into Reading. 15 mins max by bicycle, anything up to an hour in a car with the current roadworks on Caversham bridge <shudder>.

I've cycled a bit around London and it's definitely preferable to the tube.

Whereabouts in Caversham? I'm up the top near the wonderfully named Tokers Green.

Think there was unrest in Reading last night - mostly a result of those resurfacing works! Was blummin' chaos in town. Heard stories of people getting less than a mile in an hour. At least it didn't coincide with the festival....!

NGale

perhaps I should change this to the 'I commute in a town where we don't have riots' thread :roll:

Fireblade96

The Fuggler wrote:

Whereabouts in Caversham? I'm up the top near the wonderfully named Tokers Green.

Think there was unrest in Reading last night - mostly a result of those resurfacing works! Was blummin' chaos in town. Heard stories of people getting less than a mile in an hour. At least it didn't coincide with the festival....!

I'm near Mapledurham playing fields, so not as far out as yourself. Commuting steed is a brown Pompino.

I had to drop the GF to the station yesterday in the car, took me ages. On the contrary, I've just cycled to the col d'Alpine Street in around 15 mins. No signs of anything other than normal shopping in town, didn't see any trouble last night either.

Nik Cube

what are these towns andcities you speak of and riots ? us quiet country folk dont understand

Nik Cube

what are these towns andcities you speak of and riots ? us quiet country folk dont understand

will3

guess I'd better push off home in case the villagers of Dullingham are rioting..........

meanredspider

will3 wrote:

guess I'd better push off home in case the villagers of Dullingham are rioting..........

If that's the Dullingham near Newmarket, I think you are safe....

Initialised

NGale wrote:

perhaps I should change this to the 'I commute in a town where we don't have riots' thread :roll:

With all the police down that London I guess there will be opportunistic attacks across the rest of the country tonight.

NGale

Initialised wrote:

NGale wrote:

perhaps I should change this to the 'I commute in a town where we don't have riots' thread :roll:

With all the police down that London I guess there will be opportunistic attacks across the rest of the country tonight.

The only problems Exeter and Plymouth are likely to get tonight are from the football crowds

as for Dartmouth, well unless the 80 year old decide to loot the charity shops I don't think there will be too many problems

itboffin

No chances of looting here we only have one shop and i doubt anyones interested in a gross of carrots

EKE_38BPM

itboffin wrote:

No chances of looting here we only have one shop and i doubt anyones interested in a gross of carrots

Don't be silly, Boff. The carrots will help the looters see in the dark. Looting appears to be a night time activity.

jimmypippa

The rain will dampen everything down

the_fuggler

Fireblade96 wrote:

The Fuggler wrote:

Whereabouts in Caversham? I'm up the top near the wonderfully named Tokers Green.

Think there was unrest in Reading last night - mostly a result of those resurfacing works! Was blummin' chaos in town. Heard stories of people getting less than a mile in an hour. At least it didn't coincide with the festival....!

I'm near Mapledurham playing fields, so not as far out as yourself. Commuting steed is a brown Pompino.

I had to drop the GF to the station yesterday in the car, took me ages. On the contrary, I've just cycled to the col d'Alpine Street in around 15 mins. No signs of anything other than normal shopping in town, didn't see any trouble last night either.

Just been out in Reading. Very quiet. Did see the entire Caversham constabulary on their bikes earlier (all 4 of them), so they're obviously expecting trouble!

Will keep an eye out - I can be seen on an orange Roadrat, or black Synapse.

will3

meanredspider wrote:

will3 wrote:

guess I'd better push off home in case the villagers of Dullingham are rioting..........

If that's the Dullingham near Newmarket, I think you are safe....

#
It is, Made it. Though a horse did look at me a bit funny.

itboffin

EKE_38BPM wrote:

itboffin wrote:

No chances of looting here we only have one shop and i doubt anyones interested in a gross of carrots

Don't be silly, Boff. The carrots will help the looters see in the dark. Looting appears to be a night time activity.

Natch they wouldnt want to miss cbeebies

HebdenBiker

CycleOfViolence wrote:

HebdenBiker wrote:

Hebden Bridge to Bradford here - 15 miles each way. There's an easy but boring way, and a hard but pretty way. Guess which one I usually take.

Hebden Bridge, you aren't a Trades Club type are you ?

Er, I have been known to pop in there for a game of pool. Seen some great gigs there too. 5 mins walk from my house, innit.

will3

will3 wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

will3 wrote:

guess I'd better push off home in case the villagers of Dullingham are rioting..........

If that's the Dullingham near Newmarket, I think you are safe....

#
It is, Made it. Though a horse did look at me a bit funny.

PS: Result! casual reference to a location without lundinium and someone knows where I mean.

FWIW I commute from The Village to The City. What, you don't know which village? Oh and the city isn't london (there are other cities, you know,..............)

meanredspider

will3 wrote:

PS: Result! casual reference to a location without lundinium and someone knows where I mean.

FWIW I commute from The Village to The City. What, you don't know which village? Oh and the city isn't london (there are other cities, you know,..............)

LMAO - the fact that the reference was picked up by someone who lives 560 miles away (I think most of Belgium is closer) only adds to it.

That there's two people from the same 1-pub, 1-PO, Highland village on here always surprises me. I think if we both post at the same time, the internet connection falls over!

Norky

I do not commute in that London. Thank $DEITY: http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/DanielChallen/c3tkinodnn0omr1t

symo

Hi my name is Symo and I do not live in London Village. (used to though)

I have moved from Devon to Fleet and now my commute is to Frimley. Unfortunately I have to commute with people desperate to get into the M25 so I love cycling 1m from the curb at all times. :twisted: