Since I began working on Berkeley IT full time in August of this year, my daily commute from Reading has been somewhat “long”. Usually I would drive to London, parking 10 minutes by foot away from Gunnersbury tube station, then take a District Line tube to Hammersmith (if it ever showed up!), tube to Green Park, then finally a gentle 5 min stroll to the office.
Yes… a 3 stage journey to the office every morning involving getting up at 0445 and getting to the office for 0730. Considering I wasn’t finishing up here till 2200/2300 most nights, getting home wasn’t much fun either.
Yesterday I finally bought a space in the Audley Street car park, literally around the corner from the office. Now I can drive straight into Mayfair, park up, and be in the office within minutes. Its not cheap, but the time and energy saved more than covers the annual cost. On the plus side I get a free copy of the FT every morning 
(1 minute walk… if that)
I guess now I’ll have no excuse to not go to the gym after work, as I can hop in the car around 2000 and head over to The Strand (where the gym is). There is a downside to all this “being nearer the office” lark… I can now work till 2300 without worrying about the journey home… Going to the gym at 2000 sounds like a much better idea for my health though
And if you’d like to see something really amusing, check out what I parked my little Citroen Ax between this morning.
(Click to zoooom)
Yep, that’s right, Aston, Aston, Citroen, Aston Can’t wait to pick up my new car on Saturday
Finally moving in the right direction!
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