The waiting is over and tomorrow morning I start my new job. Woo!
But I'm not looking forward to the drive up tomorrow morning. I'm accustomed to sailing past Winchester about 35 minutes after leaving Bournemouth en-route to Weybridge or Guildford. Somehow I doubt tomorrow's journey will be as efficient, although I'm aiming to leave Bournemouth at 0730 to avoid the worst of the traffic near me. I've been warned of nightmare queues to get into Winchester from the South though. If the approach looks at all dodgy, I may well experiment with the Park & Ride which is £1.50 a day, and better than the £2.80 charged in town. At £216 for a 4-week pass, the train is looking a very unlikely option, bearing in mind the 4-mile journey to Bournemouth Station from my house and the £3 return bus fare. Then again, 80 miles a day isn't exactly gonna work out much cheaper (if at all) in petrol.
Therefore tomorrow I will tentatively start looking for some rented accommodation in Winchester itself (I like the idea of walking to work). A place all to myself is probably out of the question financially (not to mention unsociable) so I'm considering house/flat shares or maybe even a room in a work-mate's house. A suitable postscript might be appended to my welcome email to my fellow workers tomorrow.
Time to see what Channel 4's 'The Theory of Everything' is all about.
Posted by jonah at November 2, 2003 08:05 PM | TrackBack