Commuting to work

A16 is very good 99% of the time but of course there are the exceptions in the depths of winter. I used to use it very regularly to go down to King's Lynn until someone pointed me down the Horncastle Rd and past Coningsby down to the A17. That is a great road to finish night shift on - zooooooom.

The A16 is the best way all year round to get down that way however.

Thanks for the advice, I will be starting at 0620hrs in the morning and finishing at 1315hrs on early turns and 1315hrs till 2120hrs on afternoons (no nights)  .

I will be parking my car at the bottom of Alexandra Road Dave so will be going through the industrial estate (not actually going into the centre of Skegness) so should miss the summer caravan traffic for the afternoon shift.

If I give myself an hour from Grimsby (in a car within speed limit) would you say this estimate is about right?

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Thanks for the advice, I will be starting at 0620hrs in the morning and finishing at 1315hrs on early turns and 1315hrs till 2120hrs on afternoons (no nights)  .

I will be parking my car at the bottom of Alexandra Road Dave so will be going through the industrial estate (not actually going into the centre of Skegness) so should miss the summer caravan traffic for the afternoon shift.

If I give myself an hour from Grimsby (in a car within speed limit) would you say this estimate is about right?

That time of the morning Chris you'll be ok, no tractors at this time of year but you may get a lorry or two. I would allow more time for when the roads get icy, black ice is prevalent, especially on some of the shaded bends and dips.

When in Skeg I use Tesco's for dinner stop which is close by to the train station.

Quickest route will be just under the hour Chris, see route below. To avoid the roundabout which can be busy, you'll see a sign as you just come into Skeg that says Recycling centre / household waste, you need to turn right there which is Lincoln Road at the traffic lights. Follow that until you come to (turning right) Grantham Drive and that will take you to Wainfleet road (turning left) and then your first right is Alexandra Road (chippy on the corner).

A16 - A1028
A1028 - A158
A158 - (turn right) Lincoln Road
Lincoln Road - (turn right) Grantham Drive
Grantham Drive - (turn left) A52 Wainfleet road
A52 Wainfleet Road - (first turn right) Alexandra Road

Were abouts is the signal box?

Thanks Dave, the box is at the bottom of Alexandra road I have to go through a set of gates to get to it, I've not been yet, planning on going on my next long weekend off, looking at YouTube though you can get to the box via the platforms.

Does anyone do a commute to Hull on here? Specifically more eastern Hull. Just wondering what that's like on a daily basis as I'm not getting any bites in Grimsby/Immingham on my job search so looking to widen the area a bit.

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Does anyone do a commute to Hull on here? Specifically more eastern Hull. Just wondering what that's like on a daily basis as I'm not getting any bites in Grimsby/Immingham on my job search so looking to widen the area a bit.

Did you try Siemens? I know there is a lot of work for them (ongoing) on rail projects (North east Lincs re-signalling scheme) I believe their next project is the Brigg line 2016 and then Hull area 2017 onwards, there is a big demand for signal testers mate so it's worth a try, a very good job if you can get it and there's some good money to be earnt too,  hope you get something mate.

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Does anyone do a commute to Hull on here? Specifically more eastern Hull. Just wondering what that's like on a daily basis as I'm not getting any bites in Grimsby/Immingham on my job search so looking to widen the area a bit.

I used to have to go across there occasionally for work and pick up stock for my van.  It was a nightmare getting across when they were doing the upgrades to the toll booths but after that it was usually quite quick.  You'll hit traffic more towards the traffic lights after you have come over the fly over on Clive Sullivan way, watch out for speed cameras, 40 mph.  Roundabouts tend to be busy and as you are heading east on Hedon Road towards Salt End / Hedon.

There are plenty of jobs in Suffolk.

Bloody horrible commute though and the house prices are a lot more than Grimsby.

That was no help was it ?

Sorry,

BUT

If anybody did fancy coming south it would be nice to have another mariner down here.

My old man does. Gets up at 6 and commutes to work in hull

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Does anyone do a commute to Hull on here? Specifically more eastern Hull. Just wondering what that's like on a daily basis as I'm not getting any bites in Grimsby/Immingham on my job search so looking to widen the area a bit.

I do...not the most pleasant of trips going along the Clive Sullivan A63 every day  

Depends on what time of day you're travelling though... the morning school run / rush hour traffic from the Humber bridge into the centre can be a pain; stop start all the way to the Myton Bridge ( over the River Hull, near The Deep) then after that it's usually ok, so depends on what you mean by east Hull

Same again in the afternoon and evening; crawling traffic heading out as far as the bridge between say 4-00pm and 6-00 pm so I usually leave later from work rather than just sit in gridlock

Overall and particularly outside of the "rush" hour, it's not so bad I guess, although all it takes is one broken down vehicle or one RTA and the whole place comes to a standstill