In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
I dread to think what the commuter traffic is like now
in London. Back in 1980 I lived in Richmond, and
often had to drive to a studio in Finsbury Park N.London.
The North Circular Road was a nightmare so I took a
cross-town route which a cabbie showed me. Even then,
on a bad it day took 2hrs. When you are scheduled to
start recording at 0900 hrs the team needs to be at the
studio at least 2 hrs before to set up.

I never cease to be surprised about people complaining of journey times by
car in London rush hour. I long ago realised it made more sense to use
public transport. Especially for that sort of journey where the north
London line would have made things easy.

However, I've never found traffic bad if having to get somewhere by car
for an 0700 start. When I drive to Scotland, I leave south London at 0630
and am across London before the rush hour starts.

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