Home to (current) Work, walking time about 25 minutes
“Huh” I hear you say “What makes a stroll through suburban South East London rank higher than the New York or HK commute?”
And you are quite correct it shouldn’t. I am sure in the fullness of time it will drop off the list all together, but at the present moment in time it’s number 3.
There’s nothing special about it, no stunning vista’s, no special sights, although the walk through the graveyard can be pleasant.
The reason it is there at all is this. For the first time in twenty mumble, mumble years, I do not have to pay anyone to take me to work, be it Notwork South East or TFL, I don’t have to look at my wage slip and automatically deduct the next months fares, just to see how much I actually get to keep.
So even after a year the novelty has not yet worn off and that’s why it’s number 3 for now.
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4 comments:
although the walk through the graveyard can be pleasant.
That sense of final rest, eh?
at times indeed it does give me that sort of peace.
But I was thinking more of the flowers,birds, trees and no traffic on this occasion
BTW James, I'm having real trouble posting comments to your blog at the moment. I submit the post, it wipes it as if submitted, but nothing appears, and I can't be arsed to re-type it all. It was Catch-22 and Paula Prentiss
Hurrah! I love being able to walk to work. Someone would have to offer me a very good deal to swap the walk for a train/bus/tube.
I appreciate precisely how you feel. I commuted (from Bexleyheath, coincidentally) into London for 8 years then moved down to Hampshire and proceeded to commute for another 10 years - at the time none of it seemed that bad, but when you look back at it...
Then 11 years ago I chucked it all in and eventually got myself a local job. I leave home at 8.30, walk to the office along (mostly) pleasant residential streets and wander home again at 5. I don't think I could commute again!
GoodTwin
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