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Making travel time useful time on public transport

Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2016-01-22 10:50:22 - Graham Ellis

I travelled to Taunton and back (from Melksham) yesterday by public transport.

It would probaly have been slightly quicker for me to have driven.

On the journeys ... I had breakfast and coffees. I wrote a technical article to post online later. I sorted out a database issue on our server. I read the "Metro". I stopped for a few minutes to take in the scenery, and I visited the toilet so that I arrived at destination and didn't have to rush straight to the loo. I met up with several people I know and passed the time of day / caught up with their news. On the return journey, I spent quality time with others who had attended the same meeting - looking at both meeting related issues, and having a chance to learn a bit more about their skills and personal backgrounds which will set us up well for the future as / if we work together.

I arrived at both my meeting, and home at the end of the day, fresh and ready for what was to come - not tired after 2 hours of concentrating on driving.

Sometimes it takes longer by public transport. But these days travel time can be quality time to work, relax, or sleep - and you can't do any of those if you're behind the wheel.