stemaka
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- Holbeck Leeds
I am a bus driver and work shifts.I have just started commuting to work again after about a year.I live in Leeds and work in Barnsley.So it's from Elland rd Leeds -Tingley-East Ardsley-Wakefield then A 61 to Barnsley.It's 18 mile each way and at the moment takes me about 1 hr and 15 mins.Once i get fit again (i'm an ex racing guy)i should do it around the hour (i have to carry my uniform,boots,cash tray ect in my panniers) so is quite heavy.
Because i work shifts,(i'm on earlies this week)i have to get up even earlier than when i went in the car(about 45 mins earlier).This morning i set off from home at 4.45 am.Tomorrow i will leave home at 4.00 am and on wednesday i will leave home at 3.00 am.Thur my day off so will look forward to a lay in.The hardest thing i find is not the cycling but getting out of bed.Must admit though it's a great time of the day for riding as there is no traffic.And i get to cycle back home after work in the early afternoon in the light,so i will use more of the lanes through Royston to Wakefield then home.
So does anyone else commute at an unearthly time of the morning like me?
Because i work shifts,(i'm on earlies this week)i have to get up even earlier than when i went in the car(about 45 mins earlier).This morning i set off from home at 4.45 am.Tomorrow i will leave home at 4.00 am and on wednesday i will leave home at 3.00 am.Thur my day off so will look forward to a lay in.The hardest thing i find is not the cycling but getting out of bed.Must admit though it's a great time of the day for riding as there is no traffic.And i get to cycle back home after work in the early afternoon in the light,so i will use more of the lanes through Royston to Wakefield then home.
So does anyone else commute at an unearthly time of the morning like me?