Mileage Competition 2010

[Jordy]

Decision made then, mileage accumulated whilst doing volunteer work (ie Preserved Lines) does not count.

 

[Ivo]

My journey back to Bath went a bit wrong! My dad gave me a lift

I am currently on 9,516mi. Will hit 9,600mi tomorrow, and will break the fived-figure barrier before I get back to Bath (albeit probably on the journey to Bath itself).

 

[ainsworth74]

Well after a long journey from DAR to GLC (via EDB) followed by GLC to PRE, PRE to MAN and finally MAN to YRM (never again will I deliberately spend 2 hours on a 185!) adding 576 miles to my total gives my a new grand total of 3249 miles.

 

[wensley]

I'm up to 8059 miles now following a number of GC Bashes:

NTR-SUN-NTR (x2)
NTR-THI-SUN-NTR-EAG-DAR-NTR
NTR-KGX-NTR
NTR-THI-NTR (to photograph EC silver set)

NTR-EAG-TBY-NTR (for RSG yesterday)

that puts me 22nd for now but unfortunately it won't last as I'm off back to college

 

[Techniquest]

I've been on a mission lately, my target for 2010 has been well and truely smashed!

After a couple of days cranking this week, and on Friday last week, I now have 10,353 miles under my belt for the year!

 

[imagination]

added in journeys in the last week adding to 593 miles. If I did that regularly I'd be near the top of the list

 

[wensley]

Well, making the most of the last few days before back to college

A bit more travelling yesterday on GC services, making the most of HSTs while they last, made interesting by a few issues with rolling stock. It all came together in the end and I am very happy to have reached 8251 miles and 67 chains.

I was originally aiming for 8000 but hopefully I can push it to 9000 here goes...

Also thanks to all the traincrew yesterday who were really friendly and had a good laugh. It's a shame to be going back to college after another summer at GC :roll:

 

[Techniquest]

Not content with my mileage for the year so far yesterday morning, I ended up going down to the local shack to pick up the 'final' loco hauled working to Weymouth and its return yesterday. Did some desperate leaps for winning 444s (only got 1 required one in the end) and a chippy move in Dorchester, as well as some leaps for 158s and 159s afterwards.

Happy enough, for now, with 10,762 miles for the year

 

[TGVDUDE]

after unable to complete a 8 in 15 Day FOSS and not feeling well enough for 57 604 yesterday on the last Weymouth I finish the summer with 7782 miles and the feeling that 10,000 by December 31st is going to require a fair few trips.

 

[wensley]

At what is officially the end of my summer I am in 22nd place with 8313 miles and 19 chains following a bit of last-minute reckoning up. My target is 9000 and I am confident to reach that (and probably quite a bit more) by the end of the year.

For now however, it's back to College

 

[transportphoto]

Afer adding up the last 2 days of my Anglia Plus 3d in 7 flexi rover a couple of weeks ago and a trip to York on Saturday then back via Leeds.
= 1039miles

Giving me a new total of 4713.

 

[Deerfold]

Would anyone know where I can find mileages St Pancras - Brussels Midi and Brussels Midi - Bruges?

That should help my mileage - although it is instead of a London-Yorkshire return.

 

[noddy1878]

Well i have been totting up the millage since may 31st this year and then discovered this site then thread! so i have joined in. So far i am on 7919. I am aiming for 10000 by year end. I have a couple of big trips planned. Plymouth - Winnersh (and back), Plymouth to Paddington (and back) and Kings Cross to Leeds (and back). So that should help!

 

[d1015fan]

got pointed in the direction of this thread so thought I would put up my mileage that I can recall for defo was a bit ropey at beginning of the year. Up to end of August 8,863 miles excluding preserved, underground and metrolink at moment.

 

[33056]

Would anyone know where I can find mileages St Pancras - Brussels Midi and Brussels Midi - Bruges?

That should help my mileage - although it is instead of a London-Yorkshire return.

Sorry for the delay in replying, been away for a bit - including a couple of trips on your first request........

St Pancras - Brussels Midi is 373.5km / 232 miles 7 chains

Brussels Midi - Brugge is 92.0km / 57 miles 13 chains (assuming you went direct on line 51 and didn't go "round the houses" via Denderleeuw etc.)

 

[Deerfold]

Sorry for the delay in replying, been away for a bit - including a couple of trips on your first request........

St Pancras - Brussels Midi is 373.5km / 232 miles 7 chains

Brussels Midi - Brugge is 92.0km / 57 miles 13 chains (assuming you went direct on line 51 and didn't go "round the houses" via Denderleeuw etc.)

Many thanks. I'll assume I went the direct way - we only had one stop at Pierre St Gent.

Quite funny though - I have an exotic trip to Belgium and only do 160-odd extra miles than normal as it's instead of 2 commuter trips...

 

[Railjet]

Well, I have been really lucky this year that a combination of circumstances has allowed me to travel a lot by train. It won't be repeated, unfortunately.

It was nice, though, on last Saturday morning to pass the 50,000 km mark. I was on a train from Rome to Bologna.

I didn't feel like doing any work, so I had nothing better to do than analyse my mileage instead. Here it is, for what it's worth:

Britain: 15%
Eurostar: 5%
Continental Europe: 80%, of which:
ICE: 21%
Railjet: 19%
EC/IC: 17%
TGV/AV: 13%
Night trains: 6%
Other: 4%

All of which travelled on publicly-available fares.

 

[gordonthemoron]

you don't seem to use regional trains much, although neither do I

 

[Deerfold]

Well, I have been really lucky this year that a combination of circumstances has allowed me to travel a lot by train. It won't be repeated, unfortunately.

It was nice, though, on last Saturday morning to pass the 50,000 km mark. I was on a train from Rome to Bologna.

I didn't feel like doing any work, so I had nothing better to do than analyse my mileage instead. Here it is, for what it's worth:

Britain: 15%
Eurostar: 5%
Continental Europe: 80%, of which:
ICE: 21%
Railjet: 19%
EC/IC: 17%
TGV/AV: 13%
Night trains: 6%
Other: 4%

All of which travelled on publicly-available fares.

And all commuting/leisure travel?! Wow.

 

[Railjet]

you don't seem to use regional trains much, although neither do I

Hardly any; most of the "other" is local tram/metro travel.

And all commuting/leisure travel?! Wow.

Yes. I have to travel a long way to visit a client, about once a month. I could fly, but prefer to take the train in my own time (and at higher cost, unfortunately).

 

[Deerfold]

Hardly any; most of the "other" is local tram/metro travel.



Yes. I have to travel a long way to visit a client, about once a month. I could fly, but prefer to take the train in my own time (and at higher cost, unfortunately).

Does that not count as travelling as part of your job? If we could include those I think my wife would be topping the table - she seems to do an awful lot of Scotland-Yorkshire via London runs...

 

[Railjet]

Does that not count as travelling as part of your job? If we could include those I think my wife would be topping the table - she seems to do an awful lot of Scotland-Yorkshire via London runs...

Don't understand your point. It's not even a regular commute, and that's allowed.

What isn't allowed - as far as I am aware - is travelling as part of your job in the sense that you are a driver or guard. I'm not - I'm a regular passenger!

 

[Deerfold]

Don't understand your point. It's not even a regular commute, and that's allowed.

What isn't allowed - as far as I am aware - is travelling as part of your job in the sense that you are a driver or guard. I'm not - I'm a regular passenger!

The first page says that only leisure or commuting journeys are allowed - I took this to mean that journeys in the course of work were not (ie where your work will pay for the travel). I don't get many of these but have excluded them from mine.

I'm happy to be corrected if this is not what was meant.

 

[Jordy]

Travel paid for by your employer does not count, travel as part of work paid for by yourself can be seen as commuting and does count.

 

[Railjet]

Travel paid for by your employee does not count, travel as part of work paid for by yourself can be seen as commuting and does count.

I presume you mean employer. Well, I don't have an employer, and how much I spend, which form of transport I use, and which route I take to get to a client are entirely my decision and at my cost.

I know this is only a bit of fun, but I must say the rules seem to be made up a bit on the fly. Since when does commuting to work exclude the employer paying for it? What about railway workers, who might commute to work for free?

All very strange.

 

[Jordy]

Yes I do mean employer, sorry!

It is supposed to be a bit of fun but if travelling by train is part of your job it really is an unfair advantage, drivers etc would always be winning. The rules are made up on the fly, you don't want to have a huge list of rules for a competition that has no prize.

Well, I don't have an employer, and how much I spend, which form of transport I use, and which route I take to get to a client are entirely my decision and at my cost.

Mileage accumulated whilst travelling to see a client is fine to include in the competition! You aren't a driver/guard etc so there's no problem.

Since when does commuting to work exclude the employer paying for it?

It doesn't, I should have worded that better.

What about railway workers, who might commute to work for free?

Staff travel privilege is not excluded from the competition.

 

[Railjet]

OK, thanks for the clarifications.

 

[wensley]

8554 now and going to reach my new target of 9,000 if all goes to plan. Have dropped one place to 23rd...

 

[Techniquest]

I finally got on the bash after over a week!

Following yesterday's bash to Hereford, I'm now on 10,942 miles, and plenty more mileage to come this month!

 

[Deerfold]

I presume you mean employer. Well, I don't have an employer, and how much I spend, which form of transport I use, and which route I take to get to a client are entirely my decision and at my cost.

I know this is only a bit of fun, but I must say the rules seem to be made up a bit on the fly. Since when does commuting to work exclude the employer paying for it? What about railway workers, who might commute to work for free?

All very strange.

It looks like you're a special case being self-employed. If you had an employer paying for your travel it would'nt count. I don't think most people would count travelling to various clients as 'commuting'
I include my commuting but i've travelled for example for a course where my employer paid for my travel. I've not included that as travel as part of my job. Most companies will not pay for commuting as it gets complicated as the inland revenue want tax paying on it whereas they don't for travel as part of the job.

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Sorry can't edit as on a phone. Another way of looking at it-I saw countable miles as being within your control-you decide where to live to commute from and when to have pleasure trips and ones you can't control because you have to go somewhere for your job don't count-it the same way most car insurance differentiates between use for a regular commute and use for business trips.