New job, new commute, all's well!

[Cubist]

Just got a new posting. A colleague retired and left a vacancy at a village station out in a peaceful, low-crime rate sort of place. I have done the Neighbourhood Policing job before, but always at really high crime rate areas with challenging demographic/diversity mixes. I have spent the last 18 months away from all that but in a post I really didn't want.... so karma strikes again!

Anyway, rather than a suite of offices with their own ensuite shower room and kitchenette, I now find myself with a team of 12 and a sergeant at a good old fashioned village nick. (I had a scout round and found Ventris's greatcoat hanging in the cellar head. ). The shower is fantastic, and it has a proper old kitchen/canteen. My office overlooks the village centre, and the constable's room overlooks the churchyard. Bliss.

Best of all though is the ride to work. It's a long way away, but I have found I can park up at the rugby club and ride 6 miles in. My previous commute was all downhill on the way in, which made the ride home a chore. This one however is just over six miles, and a profile of a total climb of 750 feet, a net gain of 300 feet or so. The ride back was therefore much pleasanter.

I'll get some cam footage up tomorrow, but today's run in was virtually traffic free with only a couple of idiots getting the spacing all wrong.

 

[fossyant]

How far is the full distance?

 

[Telemark]

Congratulations on the new commute !
(and the new job, too, I suppose... )

T

 

[Cubist]

How far is the full distance?

As the crow flies about twelve, but the ride home that way would mean 1000 feet in about four miles, and I'm just not fit enough yet. It's something to aim for anyway!

 

[addictfreak]

As the crow flies about twelve, but the ride home that way would mean 1000 feet in about four miles, and I'm just not fit enough yet. It's something to aim for anyway!

You will soon get there. Just look at it as 250ft per mile, it doesnt sound as bad that way!

 

[biggs682]

i have a nice flat commute , hence my like of singlespeed bikes . so no hills for me .

glad to hear job and part commute going well

 

[cyberknight]

Sounds sweet

 

[Crankarm]

As the crow flies about twelve, but the ride home that way would mean 1000 feet in about four miles, and I'm just not fit enough yet. It's something to aim for anyway!

New job and pastures new ......... you are going up in the world!

Good luck.

 

[Red Light]

Anyway, rather than a suite of offices with their own ensuite shower room and kitchenette, I now find myself with a team of 12 and a sergeant at a good old fashioned village nick. (I had a scout round and found Ventris's greatcoat hanging in the cellar head. ). The shower is fantastic, and it has a proper old kitchen/canteen. My office overlooks the village centre, and the constable's room overlooks the churchyard. Bliss.

Sounds all very Hot Fuzz-ish

 

[BentMikey]

Awesomeness for you!!!

As the crow flies about twelve, but the ride home that way would mean 1000 feet in about four miles, and I'm just not fit enough yet. It's something to aim for anyway!

You can do it - that's only 300m or so.

 

[2Loose]

Congrats on the new post, enjoy the riding and scenery

 

[Cubist]

Second ride in, still great.

Spent a happy moment or two watching all the kids walking to school past the station. No high viz-vests, no 4x4s on the pavement, just a load of kids actually self-propelled with some Mummies in attendance.

Met the ladies in the sandwich shop opposite the station. A beef salad sandwich on granary, with what I can only describe as an enormous portion of a good fresh mixed salad on a big crunchy granary topped teacake....

At Dewsbury I used to wade through the overnight crime reports and send what staff I had to the real priority follow-up visits. This morning I had to choose which staff to send to the only reported overnight crime. The others were going to visit a farmer with an attitude problem towards his neighbours, and the over 60's ladies luncheon club wanted a PCSO to talk to.

Noticed that the holly trees along the field behind the church were full of berries, and a flock of waxwings had found them. I also met a farmer who has all the contacts I need to set up the Farmwatch scheme, and had a nice cuppa over at her farm.

This time last year I was heading for counselling. Today I'm just grinning.

 

[CopperCyclist]

and it has a proper old kitchen/canteen.

No... f******... way...

In a police station? That's a thing of myth and legend nowadays, mine lost its canteen eight years ago.

Congrats on the new post!

 

[NormanD]

Congrats on the new posting Cubist ... now get the kettle on teaboy (all new starters are teaboys)

 

[gb155]

Gis a job Mister :0)