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Britain's craziest commutes channel 5

maleuk01.

18 Sep 14 22:47

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Isle of Wight to London 3 hours each way

Isle of Mull to Glasgow 3 hours each way

Life's to short isnt it?

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Report Crisp77 • September 19, 2014 9:24 AM BST

Their secretary's must be stunning.

Report call me a taxi • September 19, 2014 10:57 AM BST

I was chatting to a bloke a few years ago who said he had wangled himself a fairly good deal, 4 shifts a week of 16 hours each, and the following week he did 3 shifts a week of 16 hours. While working he stayed at his sisters house. When he had finished his quota, he flew home to Alicante.

Report i_agree_with_nick • September 19, 2014 11:38 AM BST

I worked with a bloke who commuted from IoW to Bracknell each day.

Not sure how close he was to the ferry but he took it to Portsmouth followed by a train to Reading followed by another train to Bracknell and then a bus to the ofice

Report GRANTCKING • September 19, 2014 12:12 PM BST

Sep 19, 2014 -- 5:38AM, i_agree_with_nick wrote:

I worked with a bloke who commuted from IoW to Bracknell each day.Not sure how close he was to the ferry but he took it to Portsmouth followed by a train to Reading followed by another train to Bracknell and then a bus to the ofice

f uck me thats mental

Report GRANTCKING • September 19, 2014 12:13 PM BST

I remember on I was watching something on tv a few wweeks ago and there was a guy who used to live in france who worked during the week in london

Report Ken Masters • September 19, 2014 12:15 PM BST

Mrs M used to work with a woman at the Guardian who came in from IoW every day, to Farringdon, 3 hours each way if everything worked but with rough seas or 1 missed connection it would be 4 hours min.She had her meals on the train and would just shower and sleep at home. Properly mental.

Report i_agree_with_nick • September 19, 2014 12:18 PM BST

Indeed.

He was 30ish and on about £45-50k in today's terms, so good money but not exceptional

Report no moves • September 19, 2014 12:32 PM BST

I new somebody who commuted from North Norfolk to London on a motorbike for a while. This motorbike got up to 150 mph on the motorway. The trips about 100 miles each way.

Report call me a taxi • September 19, 2014 12:50 PM BST

Mrs CMAT did west Norfolk to east London (106 miles) for 3 days a week, but in the farming season the traffic build up on A-roads is really bad as Norfolk has no motorway. She ended up staying at her sisters in Romford for 2 nights and coming home on Friday after work.

I used to drive to work in east London on Saturdays only, but I was up and gone at 6-30 and just took it easy, opened the shop when I got there, which was mostly just before 9 o clock.

Coming home was different, foot down where possible, but I still never beat an hour and 40 minutes.

Norfolk needs a north-south motorway.

Report FredRescue • September 19, 2014 1:26 PM BST

Did you ever meet this "sister" in Romford?

Report Ken Masters • September 19, 2014 1:30 PM BST

The Romford Calvinator, great with ducks.

Report call me a taxi • September 19, 2014 6:14 PM BST

FredRescue
19 Sep 14 13:26
Did you ever meet this "sister" in Romford?

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http://i59.tinypic.com/16aczy9.jpg.

Report bix • September 19, 2014 6:30 PM BST

As if wasn't bad enough having to work in London. I had the misfortune to be down there a few weeks ago and can't believe that anyone would want to live in that hell hole.
Still familiarity breeds contempt as they say.

Report JOCI Club • September 20, 2014 5:08 PM BST

For me, door to door on thw way in to work is 2 hours, and that's long enough for me.

Report treble • September 20, 2014 6:33 PM BST

Back in the glory days of cabbing, I knew a bloke who flew in from Alicante on Saturday morning. He went to his house which his brother rented from him and picked up his taxi. Went out, worked Saturday, Sunday and a few hours rush hour Monday morning, then flew back Monday afternoon. He had a room and board at his brothers house which he paid for by deducting from the rent when he stayed.

Reckoned two and half days cabbing in central London easy earned enough to live comfortably during the week in Spain.

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