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[tinyjo]

Went for a wander at lunchtime yesterday and came across the Lloyds building, which is utterly fab! It's got pipes and glass and metal and glass walled lifts which go up and down the outside. I want to have a play in the lifts! Actually, as you walk along Philpot lane (where my office is) you can just see it protruding over Leadenhall Market and the old buildings across the road which makes a fabulous contrast especially at dusk when they light bits of the Lloyds building up. It's very cool basically.

I am once again thinking seriously about a car. It would be very cool (I know - I'm an evil polluting capitalist) and I could (I think) use it to drive to work part of the way (stopping at Hillingdon and getting the Met line the rest of the way) which would allow me to sleep in a bit more but I'm still not sure. I think I'll have to sit down and do some serious budgeting, see exactly what I can afford and stuff...

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[truecatachresis.livejournal.com]

Further to point 1), according to quoted figures for a Smart car, the petrol cost for one of them would appear to be only about 2 and a bit times as much an annual coach ticket.

[truecatachresis.livejournal.com]

Further timing points:

Coach: Timetable to Victoria - 1h40m
Victoria to L'pool St - 27m
Total travel time - 2h07m

Car: 50 miles to Hillingdon @ avg. 70 mph (you'll be lucky...) - 42m
Hillingdon to L'pool St - 59m
Total travel time - 1h41m

Time saved driving - 26m (plus wait for coach)
(Not included: getting off coach before Victoria)

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Yes but it's *never* 1h40 on the coach in the morning because once you get to White City the traffic all stops so that it can slowly filter through the lights on the West way. It normally takes me between 2h15 and 2h30 in total.

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

And the traffic is fine until about 10mins past Hillingdon on a normal day - that's one of the things which made me think of it. The bus (if you catch the one which stops there) takes 1hr including stops etc to get from St Clements to Hillingdon so I should be able to do it in 45 max I should think.

[truecatachresis.livejournal.com]

Get off the coach at Hillingdon, then. Solves both problems.