Changes in Travel

So as of yesterday, I’m back to using the train rather than driving in to Cambridge every day. In fairness, I only planned to drive in while putting in the extra time and work to get the site launched on time. And now that that’s been done, and the initial bug-hunt is over and done with, some level of sanity can return to my day.

Returning to the train has both good and bad aspects to it. I can’t deny, I’d kind of got used to having some space and time to myself on the journey, so it’s probably a downside to be back in the general throng of people. Time-wise, while the journey is the same time (i.e. roughly an hour) going by train takes about 20-30 minutes longer when one takes into account the waiting for the train to depart, and the walk to/from the office while I’m in Cambridge, rather than the convenience of door-to-door travel.

On the plus side, I get two hours a day back for doing my own stuff. Obviously while driving I can’t use the laptop, which has meant that my writing time has been severely cut back – both for D4D, the business, and letters/emails to friends. That is definitely A Good Thing. It also means I get to relax a bit between home and work (well, except when I’m getting my feet stepped on by fucking idiot people – yes, you, sat opposite me – fuckwit cunt) rather than having to concentrate on driving on roads populated by tosspot motherfuckers BMW drivers.

Oh, and overall it costs me a sod-load less too – £250 per month for the train ticket, rather than a full tank of diesel per week (which is just on the weekly journey, without taking into account any other driving I do) at about £55-60 plus parking when I can’t get a space at work (about 60% of the time) plus depreciation etc. on the car – after all, in the last six weeks I’ve put roughly 4,000 miles on the poxy thing.

So yes, for the forseeable, I’m back on the commuting train. Overall, things could be a lot worse.