Oh how I love commuting in my car!

[jonny jeez]

NOT........

Was forced into taking the car today.

I left work late last night and took the load dirty bike as I was then in a rush...which is all a big excuse for

..."it was really raining hard and I bottled it"

Inevitably, the dirty bike broke down 10 miles in

(pause for laughter)

and I ended up yomping it to the station dressed like the Stig, in a full face helmet and motorbike gear (it was keeping out some of the rain) and eventually took the train home.

With the loud bike abandoned in Crystal palace and Chitty stuck in the boiler room at the office (nice and warm) I had to get in the car to reach a meeting this A.M

or rather ..not reach a meeting.

It took me 2.5 hours to get into London (10 miles), all the while watching cyclist spinning past me ...some looking pretty smug.

How I missed chitty this morning, should have been braver last night.

That'll learn me.

Jonny

 

[J4CKO]

I think I get the jist but some translation may be required for some bits

 

[jonny jeez]

I think I get the jist but some translation may be required for some bits

fair enough

Translation

"Jonny took the work's Scooter home cos he's scared of the rain...broke down, got train rest of way.

Next day had god-awful journey into work with his car as his bike (chitty) was still at work"

fade to black...credits roll

 

[Twanger]

So it's you wot keeps leaving old scooters lying around the Palace, then, is it?

 

[jonny jeez]

So it's you wot keeps leaving old scooters lying around the Palace, then, is it?

Some people leave bike locks...I leave scooters...it's getting pretty costly though and I'm getting through anawful lot of scooters.

 

[longers]

I drove yesterday, had to take someone to hostipal and they lent me their car, it was rubbish. Very claustrophobic.
I've got their car on loan for a few weeks and it will sit outside my house until they can drive it again.

 

[PBancroft]

Been driving all this week for one reason or another.

Highlight was the 1hr 30 commute home sat in traffic in torrential rain watching happy cyclists zip past all the cars. They'd be home, dry and fed long before me. No wonder people hate cyclists. Bastards, the lot of 'em.

 

[bonj2]

how come you had your motorbike AND your bike with you at work... did you ride in on them both at once?
and why didn't you just call the breakdown service when your motorbike broke down rather than abandoning it?

 

[jonny jeez]

how come you had your motorbike AND your bike with you at work... did you ride in on them both at once?
and why didn't you just call the breakdown service when your motorbike broke down rather than abandoning it?

I cycle in most days and the office scooter sits in the underground car park ...now and again (usually when I'm in a rush or on a rest day ) I'll nip home on it.

As far as breakdown is concerned, the scooter is a loan bike that we have while our actual bike is in the shop (after breaking down 4 times)...so I've had enough of the supplier (who will remain nameless) and told them to go and get it themselves..it cost me £50 a time to recover the scooter, so I've already spent over £200 doing so. I also have a car and a white van at my disposal.

I'm very lucky, I get to go down into my own little "bat-cave" and choose which form of transport I desire each day.

Bruce Wayne, eat ya heart out

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

I'm very lucky, I get to go down into my own little "bat-cave" and choose which form of transport I desire each day.

Is that anywhere near Chislehurst Caves?

 

[bonj2]

I cycle in most days and the office scooter sits in the underground car park ...now and again (usually when I'm in a rush or on a rest day ) I'll nip home on it.

As far as breakdown is concerned, the scooter is a loan bike that we have while our actual bike is in the shop (after breaking down 4 times)...so I've had enough of the supplier (who will remain nameless) and told them to go and get it themselves..it cost me £50 a time to recover the scooter, so I've already spent over £200 doing so. I also have a car and a white van at my disposal.

I'm very lucky, I get to go down into my own little "bat-cave" and choose which form of transport I desire each day.

Bruce Wayne, eat ya heart out

the office PROVIDES a scooter? weird.

 

[Theseus]

Chislehurst Caves

Ah! the memories. Dressing up in fake chainmail and hitting each other with foam covered sticks.

 

[jonny jeez]

the office PROVIDES a scooter? weird.

Not as weird as you may think.

I drive a motorbike anyway (occasionally) and it proved to be so efficient at getting into and around town that we invested in one of our own.

Costs a pound to park in Mayfair (grrr) and nothing for the city. travel time is super quick (faster than tubes) and I often need to visit 3 or 4 locations in town in a day..so nothing beats it (except in the rain)

it's paid for itself in 6 months already.

Either way, we like weird, were a firm of architects who like to think outside the box, so I'll take that as a compliment.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Ah! the memories. Dressing up in fake chainmail and hitting each other with foam covered sticks.

We popped up for a visit in Feb this year. Little-LC especially liked the bit on the tour when the guide switched off all the lights and made a loud bang to demonstrate how the echoes work down there.

And we saw a load of people in chain mail loitering outside as we left. And not a few dressed as orcs. Took me ages to detach Littlest-LC from my leg.

 

[jonny jeez]

We popped up for a visit in Feb this year. Little-LC especially liked the bit on the tour when the guide switched off all the lights and made a loud bang to demonstrate how the echoes work down there.

And we saw a load of people in chain mail loitering outside as we left. And not a few dressed as orcs. Took me ages to detach Littlest-LC from my leg.

Allegedly...and I'm switching off mission and into a cave bore here (see what I did there...bore!)...the caves are part of a system that stretches out underneath Joydens wood (which is miles away) and apart from being a war time bunker was also the set for a few 1970 TV sci-fi shows (Dr who etc, blakes 7 etc) as well as pop videos.

It's all going off in Chislehurst.

and yes, they are at the bottom of my road, along with a very nice gastropub, if you ever come again.