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Do any posters on here commute to work... if so how do you get on with it?
I am presently based at Grimsby but will be having to travel up to 75 mile each way when i get allocated another job through re-location early 2016, It is looking likely i will be travelling around an 100 mile trip each day by car (shift worker too) anyone else do this?
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Do any posters on here commute to work... if so how do you get on with it?
I am presently based at Grimsby but will be having to travel up to 75 mile each way when i get allocated another job through re-allocation early 2016, It is looking likely i will be travelling around an 100 mile trip each day by car (shift worker too) anyone else do this?
I used to travel around 40 mile to get to work each day (80 ish mile round trip each day). How long is your shift, at times I was doing 12 hour work with up to 2 hours a day driving, it's knackering. Do you now whereabouts you'll be working and any chance of car sharing with someone or are you on your own. Make sure you have a diesel car, know alternate routes due to road closures and accidents. Will you be getting travelling expenses?
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Yes we will be looked after with travelling expenses Dave, we will get 52p per mile tax free and also get paid for travelling eg - if it takes an hour to get there and hour to get home we get paid an extra 2 hours pay on top of our 8 hour shift so financially will be fine it's just that i have never had to travel further than 20 minutes to get to work before so a little apprehensive about the travelling.
It's looking likely i will be based around the Hull/beverley/Doncaster areas or Swinderby/Thorpe culvert/Wainfleet/Sleaford/Skegness/Boston areas so a bit of travelling involved, I am hoping i can be based at Wainfleet which is very near where my mother lives.
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I would have thought you would commute to work by train Chris.
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Yes we will be looked after with travelling expenses Dave, we will get 52p per mile tax free and also get paid for travelling eg - if it takes an hour to get there and hour to get home we get paid an extra 2 hours pay on top of our 8 hour shift so financially will be fine it's just that i have never had to travel further than 20 minutes to get to work before so a little apprehensive about the travelling.
It's looking likely i will be based around the Hull/beverley/Doncaster areas or Swinderby/Thorpe culvert/Wainfleet/Sleaford/Skegness/Boston areas so a bit of travelling involved, I am hoping i can be based at Wainfleet which is very near where my mother lives.
That's good on the costs side Chris. I'm lucky in my work as I am based in GY but cover pretty much the whole of Lincs. My transport and fuel are provided but the driving and long day can take it out of you. Most of the roads around here are red routes and you have to drive quite defensively. You also have to allow extra time for tractors/lorries/caravans and some people who drive 20-30 mph below the speed limit on 60mph roads. You are looking at about 1 hours travel time to Skeg area but you could easily add 15 minutes to that due to the problems I mentioned above. Also in winter the roads are bad, and at the minute a lot of rural properties are having the power lines changed/re-routed and this can often mean that some roads are traffic light controlled or closed, any detoures can take you quite a way out before bringing you back in to get on course. It won't take you long to get use to your route Chris, just allow a bit more time and take care.
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Great advice Dave thanks mate your a good lad.
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It'll be a killer at first but you get used to it and it just becomes normal and part of your day. 52p a mile and paid for travel time is definitely a sweetener as well!
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Great advice Dave thanks mate your a good lad.
No worries Chris, I hope you get the best site, let us know where you end up, I may get chance to pop in for a brew!
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No worries Chris, I hope you get the best site, let us know where you end up, I may get chance to pop in for a brew!
Will do Dave.
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Distance doesnt really matter IMO, its the intensity of the drive...i have covered most of GB while working and some 4hr (200 mile) drives are a piece of p1ss while a 35 mile drive taking 90 mins can be draining. My worst drive was to Hull Prison, only about 35 miles, 45 mins driving but in reality never less than 1.5 hrs, stop start driving and frustrating as hell around the Myton Bridge when it swung open. Heavy traffic impacts more than distance IMO.
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