Moving To The Country From London

I did a similar commute for two years back in the 90’s. It nearly killed me tbh.
Congratulations on the new gaff. Looks very special.

 

How much is that?

 

I did for 5 years bought a BMW R1150 in the last year as had enough of sitting in a van and it sliced a little time off and even when raining wasn’t an altogether bad experience. I got used to the time it took, the only downside was if there had been a motorway closures or accidents.

If like me you need very early starts you’ll be surprised by how much works on motorways closes them completely. Usually from around 8pm until 5am seemed to be the thresholds.

 

That sounds like a best seller, get it published PDQ.

 

I do Derby to Reading once a week and it's fine. Wouldn't want to do it more than twice regularly as I get a bit pissed off with traffic. Used to do Lincoln to Reading and stay over... That really was a pig of a journey. I'd never move any closer to work though. I much prefer it up this way.

 

Did much the same 2yrs ago, sold up in SE Bucks and moved back to Aberdeen. Officially my office is in London but spend far more time everywhere else so figured we should move back north.

Well my wife did. Weather not usually so good and season definitely shorter, but biking roads infinitely better so no complaints from me.

 

There must a be train commuters forum somewhere……..In that case enjoy the frustration of cancelled trains as does my Daughter. The joy of finding alternate routes to your destination………..The thrill of standing even though you thought a seat was included.

 

Nah, not as grand as your place. Oddly my Mrs wasn't spooked about the murder/suicide. The thought of the wife buried in the house, and the guy hanging in the barn would have played on my mind though.

 

Spent a couple of years working in that there London, near Heathrow, nominally 2 hrs each way from home at the time. Had somewhere to spend a couple of nights locally but the commuting novelty soon wore off and ended up travelling to London very early Monday to avoid traffic, stayed there all week and tried to leave Fri mid afternoon to avoid rush hour on the M25. Never quite worked out as planned though....and weekends ended up flying by.

Wasn’t ideal for me and glad to move on after a couple of years, but we are all different so may right up your street. Nice place to go home to though!

 

A banjo

 

I was freelance in IT(UNIX) for ten years, most of the work was away from home.
Two hours was the absolute maximum travel time for me, any more than that and I would find a cheap flat/apartment and commute once a week.

Up at 6am, on train at 6:45, land at Leeds 8:45, leave work and arrive home at 8pm, it was a killer, but the money was good.

Travel time would have been pretty much the same in car or bike and the M65 to Leeds in winter is pretty rough.

SP.

 

If your moving to a remote country area and electricity is supplied through overhead cables, it might be worthwhile investigating the power cut history.
I have a standby generator which is put to good use every once in a while.

 

let me introduce you to my sister…

 

Greater Anglia? - fcuk your luck - I've avoided commuting for 19 months (52 mins (Supposedly) from Southend on Sea area to Liverpool St) - every day I get an email (or several) saying there's a delay, shorter train etc.

I have to go back to it soon :-(

I think your journey will be around 2hr each way, plus whatever you have to do in London (tube, DLR)

Make the most of the house before you start commuting - you won't see much of it after, especially in the cold, damp Norfolk winter ;-)

 

Not commuting for work, but in Jan this year I moved about an hour away from my favorite riding/driving road. I used to do an hour on it 3 or 4 times a week, now it's once a week or less depending on the weather. That's 2 hours crawling along boring Lincolnshire roads, on a Panigale, for an hour of fun. And I don't really want to be on a race rep for 3 hours anyway. Sure I saved around £200k on an equivalent place where I lived before, but I'm not sure if I'll stay here.

 

Also WiFi and phone signal. I'm in a village in Herts. It's rural but only 10 mins away from two towns, yet mobile reception is shocking - so much so that I have to walk to the top end of the village in order to get enough signal to achieve a connection or make calls without a greater than 50% chance of being cut off so I try to combine them with walking the dog. WiFi can also be patchy at busy times. We have occasional power cuts too.

@yev - also work out how much driving to and parking at the station is going to cost as some parking pirate companies charge a tenner per day, which is £200 pm. Some station car parks are quite limited in capacity so you may need to get there obscenely early to be sure of a space (possibly not such an issue now a % of people WFH though). Plus, factor in that sinking a bottle or two of wine on a weekday evening will put your licence at risk the next morning so work out other ways of getting to/from the station for when if you've had a skinful (eBikes are a good backup transport option).