What's the most unusual way you could get to work?

[Baronage-Phase]

Watching this got me thinking about unusual ways of travelling to work. I saw a guy using a "grown up" version of a push scooter on the path the other day.

It strikes me that we have turned our backs on rivers somewhat, as an alternative means of transport to roads. But this has to be unique

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I'd love to take a boat to work, I suppose if I worked in Windsor that world be possible. And probably as quick as driving!!

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I used to work with a guy who got the train to work. Nothing unusual about that, but the station was quite a way away, so he got himself a scooter to try after finding the walk a bit much. That wasn't enough either, because of a fairly steep hill on the way.

So being a bit of a backyard engineer, he got himself a small 2 stroke engine and attached it via a roller directly driving the rear wheel. On his first test ride he found that he'd got a decimal point in the wrong place, and instead of doing a sedate 4mph it was closer to 40 when the rear wheel melted.

 

[Thimble Queen]

I can't take adults who use those little scooters seriously, esp if they happen to be wearing suits at the time.

Fortunately, now that I no longer live in London, I'm not exposed to such nonsense on the regs. People here walk, cycle or take buses, trains or ferries. Normal.

 

[Badgers]

A train that leaves on time and has seats

 

[Orang Utan]

I could probably roll to work, but it would take several hours and I'd need protective clothing

 

[Baronage-Phase]

The man who ice skates to work

This guy ice skates to work. It looks lovely but obviously he's really good at skating...and there is ice..obvs.

 

[Teaboy]

My BiL used to work near Kings Cross but lived in a village in Oxfordshire, this village has no Railway Station. His commute was cycle the 15 minutes to the nearest station, get the train into Paddington and then jog along the Regents Canal until he got to Kings Cross.

He eventually left the place because they wouldn't let him work from home for two days a week instead of one.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

The man who ice skates to work

This guy ice skates to work. It looks lovely but obviously he's really good at skating...and there is ice..obvs.

Rollerskates would be a suitable alternative here.

 

[dessiato]

The oddest way for me to get to work is driving. By the time I've got the car out, locked up the garage, driven to work, driven half way back to find a parking slot, then walked the rest of the way it's about half an hour. It's a 5 minute walk

 

[Pickman's model]

walking east instead of west, which would take me much longer than i'm used to

 

[Baronage-Phase]

Rollerskates would be a suitable alternative here.

I think that's something I could try. There is one crazy steep bridge known as "heart attack bridge" that could cause a problem
If I get up enough speed to make it half way over I'm sure I'd get to the other side. If not, then I may feature in someone's YouTube clip which could go viral.

 

[hiccup]

I could probably kayak 90% of my commute along the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Not sure I'd fancy kayaking ~40 miles a day though.

 

[maomao]

I used to live in Hackney next to the river Lea and work in Islington by the Regents Canal. It occured to me several times I could have swum to work but it would have taken about five hours.

My colleagues think it's weird I get off the tube two stops early and walk but that's not really weird is it?

 

[Orang Utan]

This looks like a decent candidate:
Adult version of toy car takes to road

 

[Baronage-Phase]

My colleagues think it's weird I get off the tube two stops early and walk but that's not really weird is it?

If you want a walk in some fresh air then why not?
Personally if it was raining/very windy/ snowing/ hailstoning ... I don't think I'd get off.

 

[JimW]

Few mountain villages in China where folk take zip lines over gorges to get to school etc

 

[maomao]

If you want a walk in some fresh air then why not?

Two miles along the A13

(though it's not that busy at 5.30 and the second half of the walk is nicer)

 

[Winot]

Few mountain villages in China where folk take zip lines over gorges to get to school etc

 

[8115]

I've never walked to work. I'd like to try. It would be good for my fitness too, riding a bike is good in some ways but not others. I could actually swim half way to my current work.

 

[8115]

Experience: I swim to work

 

[Plumdaff]

I could get a water bus to work if it was ran as a public transport service rather than an infrequent, expensive tourist attraction. Cardiff Council are missing a trick there.

 

[tim]

My idea of exotic travel these days is going home using the Woolwich Ferry, when it's working, rather than THE DLR.

 

[wiskey]

When it snowed in London a while ago my mate hitched a ride to work at ambulance HQ on a tow truck.

Nothing exotic though

 

[wiskey]

Few mountain villages in China where folk take zip lines over gorges to get to school etc

I've seen the pictures of kids climbing up/down crazy ladders on cliffs in China to get to school, I showed werv who was complaining about the 5 minute cycle

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I can't take adults who use those little scooters seriously, esp if they happen to be wearing suits at the time.

I hate them and always fear for my ankles when a scooter passes. At least you can punch an adult if they hit you

 

[maomao]

There's a regular on one of my commute routes that rides one of these:



Which is sort of cool but he rides it through the Greenwich foot tunnel which pisses me off slightly.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

There's a regular on one of my commute routes that rides one of these:

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Which is sort of cool but he rides it through the Greenwich foot tunnel which pisses me off slightly.

What is it? Is it a unicycle? Or an electric thing?

 

[TopCat]

Bus to Putney then inflatable kayak down the Thames to Pimlico.

 

[maomao]

What is it? Is it a unicycle? Or an electric thing?

It's powered. I'm not confident sharing space with them because I don't know how they brake.