Okay did it, my first commute.
Was lulled into a false sense of security on the way in as I did the whole eight miles in 67 minutes. Might not seem good to most of you guys but as it was my first commute for 20 years and there was a 15 minute break in the middle on the ferry I was pretty pleased
However my happiness was short lived as the ride home was much harder! I must of had the wind blowing me in this morning because it was defintetly against me on the way home! Also the route I take through Portsmouth is a bit dodgy with having to cross over some major roads against the traffic so more than once I got off and walked across at the nearest lights lol. Also there's a section of the route where I'm cycling along the dockyard wall on the pavement which I'm pretty sure doubles as a cycle path to and a fair few pedestrains were coming up from the dockyard giving me dirty looks as if I had no right to be there and they certainly wern't making any attempt to make it easy for me to pass, at one stage I had a small collision with a bus stop! The trouble was the side of the road I really needed to be on was impossible to reach.
Anyway took me 80 minutes to get home which I guess still isn't that bad but seemed a lot more effort than the ride in and knackered me out lol.
Might have to look at tweaking the Portsmouth side of the route but other than that though I'm quite pleased
