Commuting to work

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Will be staying signalling Tim, was at Hull paragon signal box Wednesday funnily enough, was looking at the panel as the box is on our closed list for jobs, will either be north of the river Hull/Goole up as far as Beverley or west as far as Donny or south as far as Wainfleet. Will know my new job at the end of the month Tim when the allocations are made, the jobs are allocated under PTR& R arrangements.

So Chris, when you're on the wrong side of the river and I get the regular " points issues at Gilberdyke" news, at least I'll know a man who can give me an instant update

I spent many months travelling to Bessacarr and the same travelling to the Boston area and i hated every single minute of it. Admittedly, travel was done in a van due to the nature of my work, which is less comfortable than car travel but all the same, i gave up the contract in the end because i hated the extra hours it put on the day. The road to Donny is boring and the road to Boston slow and dangerous, especially in a work van.

You're in the very lucky few nowadays if you live close to good quality employment.  The older you get the harder it gets.

Quoted from HighamMariner

You're in the very lucky few nowadays if you live close to good quality employment.  The older you get the harder it gets.

I'm self employed and my trade is in fairly high demand, so i suppose i am lucky.

That's good, I sit in the few (or perhaps many) that left GY in the 80's in search of work.  Unforunately and despite my quest to move closer to my home town, my earning power in Grimsby is half of what it is in the Midlands, yet housing aside, the cost of living is the same.

Based myself in mid Northants where I can commute easily into the Midlands and South but still long for the opportunity to move closer to the place that will always represent home.  Could sell up tomorrow and upgrade the house or bank a chunk if moving to simillar but taking a 25k dip in salary fooks the whole plan.

I have been relocated to Skegness signal box, do any fishy posters travel to Skegness on a regular basis and if so are the roads ok? I've not been to Skegness for 30+ years we use to go the old road which seemed to take forever if I remember correctly.

Overtook the Kidderminster Harriers team bus earlier this afternoon - just south of Preston - presumably preparing for work tomorrow afternoon at Barrow. Looks like they mean business, as I reckon that would only be a 4 hour journey.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I have been relocated to Skegness signal box, do any fishy posters travel to Skegness on a regular basis and if so are the roads ok? I've not been to Skegness for 30+ years we use to go the old road which seemed to take forever if I remember correctly.

Rubbish road still Chris,

Best of luck while you are doing that,

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I have been relocated to Skegness signal box, do any fishy posters travel to Skegness on a regular basis and if so are the roads ok? I've not been to Skegness for 30+ years we use to go the old road which seemed to take forever if I remember correctly.

Even more of a nightmare to get there by train from Gy Chris, I reckon you could get to London as quick as it takes to get to Skeggy on the train.  

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I have been relocated to Skegness signal box, do any fishy posters travel to Skegness on a regular basis and if so are the roads ok? I've not been to Skegness for 30+ years we use to go the old road which seemed to take forever if I remember correctly.

Hi Chris, travel to Skeg is varied but using the A16 and A1028 gets you there for about 1Hr 15mins in my van.  A much better road than the A1031 and when you come off the roundabout at the A16 to A1028 keep in the right hand lane of the short dual carriage, the left takes you off to Mablethorpe / Chapel St Leonards.

A16 is a decent road most times of the year unless there is snow drifts but I think they now grit the roads more often than they did.

What's the address of the signal box and are you on permanent days?