Arrive shortly after 6am, as usual. Tube strikes don't mean much when you live in sarf east london. Travelling's hell all year round.
First coffee of the day. I shall raise an eyebrow, Margaret Mountford-style, to any norf londoners turning up late today. Have a good one.
www.tfl.gov.uk says the Metropolitan and Northern lines have a good service. If only I lived by one of those tube lines
Trains rammed full of people alredy on the North London Line at Kentish Town West
yfrog.comBuses full but not bursting at Camden Town
yfrog.comOnly 6 bikes on the Regents canal tow path and one of them is mine. Nice way to beat #tubestrike
yfrog.comin haste to exit home, nearly trip up on Abel and Cole box on doorstep. on to Finsbury Park station.
car runs over styrofoam box. I am in mini snow storm.
Rescued from Oxford Street crowds by No.73 bus, full of irked-looking passengers and a rather tense driver. Roads busier, esp. by Kings X.
finsbury park. to my surprise, Victoria line running to Victoria. but not stopping Kings Cross.
Piccadilly line only Arnos Grove to Cockfosters.
Both lines reduced service.
Victoria line only stops Seven Sisters, F Park, Green Park and Victoria
I have one of the longest journeys into work I guess, from Brighton, but conveniently Tube free. So not expecting any more chaos than usual!
I am going for a bus on Seven Sisters road. Traffic slightly heavy. No time for Fairtrade coffee!
259 bus most packed in history. sure it has huge carbon footprint, but at least we are hitting diversity targets.
Dongleisation - the key to a happy commute.
agild be at work by now. Still at Holloway Rd.
Not a soul stirring in my st margarets street. Lots of duvet leave?
just passed colleague Jon Casson on top deck of 259. He was tweeting and didn.t see me. Light traffic on Caledonian Rd.
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Emilybell alas, have to get the media briefing out by 8.30. Excuse and sticking to it.
Suburban trains as normal x st margarets - but station startlingly quieter. Scattering of salaryman suits accessorised with trainers and ...
Richmond, sprint from train to rattly old north london line: full already, many first timers poring over confusing route map
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bits500: Tempers flaring on the train. Threat of fight averted tho. #tubestrike
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nathanjharris: #tubestrike Stage 3 of commute is heading out of London. Everyone exuding mildly victorious serenity. :)
Kew Gardens stn almost empty. 3 get on, still few empty seats. Man in suit, high vis jacket & folding bike decides to wait - for what?
Final pleasant walk along the canal. Arrive at work 30 mins late (gulp).
Rye Lane, Peckham, waiting for 63 bus. Fewer people at bus stop than usual and street oddly uncongested. What can it mean?
Right, am leaving home an hour earlier than normal. Will I just arrive at work an hour early? Hmm
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dafletcher: Bus crawling through Westminster not picking anyone up. Is this what the roads were like before the congestion charge? C ...
Skylarks over acres of scrubby railway land, as train terminates willesden junction: woman with huge case looks aghast
Just got on a bus - 'tis almost full, which is rather unlike the 56 this early on in Hackney. Me and the housemate have to sit apart.
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bit.lyWillesden junction: first crowded platforms. No sign extra buses, walking maps or Bojo leading swimmers down grand union canal
Have seat, will tweet. 63 packed but moving. I must ride this beast unto its very terminus: over six miles - less, as the (Bob) Crow flies.
Bus arrives quickly in Hackney and it's quieter than usual.
More people on the bus + a bit of sun = hot and bothered Perri. Journey otherwise going very well. Which is good.
Willesden junction: small harassed london overground man offers helpful advice - people should have known there was a strike and stayed away
Stratford train from willesden crowded - but far less than usual rush hour sardine can
A 73 just drove past looking like a cattle truck. Ha! Essex Road clear so far. Journey almost faster than normal.
Ooh we just got told by big speaker to move down the bus. Downstairs must be full.
Actually, no, bus driver is just playing a mega mix of all the instructions he has.
Old Kent Rd - yes, I'm here already! - is pretty clear, by its standards. Have the RMT cunningly syphoned off everyone's petrol overnight?
3 deep on platform west hampstead, but first station where lots get off and lawks, i've got a seat