It hasn’t (or has) been a good few weeks to be a commuter, depending on your point of view. If you absolutely positively have to get to London then living on our line was a bit of a bummer, as the unions went out on strike for three consecutive Thursdays and two consecutive Fridays.

If you could work from home then it was a bonus: the opportunity to get more done by binning the commute and working in a more conducive environment.

I fell into the latter group, so I was actually quite disappointed when they reached an agreement and the last three days of strikes got canned. I think what did it, ultimately, was the threat of a week-long strike if it didn’t get settled, which finally tipped the train company over the edge and got them to agree.

They were already offering an above inflation rise, but it sounds from reading various blogs like there were underlying factors and it wasn’t just down to pay.

So we’re back to five-day weeks. From a work standpoint, that’s fine. From a travelling standpoint it’s not much fun.