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How far do you travel on match day?

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  1. qprbeth

    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12
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    As just suggested by StanleyParkerBowles on the Reading match day thread, a new thread.

    How far do we all travel on a standard home match day?

    I will start off.
    I travel from a village between Oxford and Aylesbury. It seems to be a 100 mile round trip ( by train).

    Who else?

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  2. cor blymie

    cor blymie Well-Known Member

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    I travel from near Lyme Regis about 160 miles from the Bush. The couple in front of me our the Finns that featured in the Ipswich programme:emoticon-0137-clapp:emoticon-0137-clapp:emoticon-0137-clapp
     
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  3. SARQPR

    SARQPR Well-Known Member

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    Easy journey from Bishops Stortford for me

    Though a bit of a trek compared to my 5 minute walk from Stanlake Road W12 previously!
     
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  4. cor blymie

    cor blymie Well-Known Member

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    I was born in Hammersmith Hospital and spent my first 14 years living in Batman Close, a 2 minute walk :emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  5. jeffranger

    jeffranger Well-Known Member

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    I travel from West Wickham when trains are running & then get two underground trains or via east Croydon to Clapham & overhead to Shepherd’s Bush, about hour & 20 mins.
     
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  6. Sooperhoop

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    12 miles - Overground Line Norwood Junction to Whitechapel then Hammersmith & City Line to Shepherd's Bush Market. Often engineering works at weekends down my end so then it's a 468 from Whitehorse Lane to Camberwell and a 148 to the Bush...
     
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    ELLERS Well-Known Member

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    I come from Berkshire. I used to drive (50 mins) but mostly go by train now (1.30mins).
     
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    Walk, bus, walk, train, walk, pub, walk, game, walk, pub, walk, train, walk, bus, walk, large red wine.

    (the more I typed the word 'walk', the stranger it looked)
     
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    Have you got the scrolls Strolls?
     
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  10. CroydonCaptainJack

    CroydonCaptainJack Well-Known Member

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    Purely in Surrey.
    There is a few of us funnily enough from that area - Purley, Sanderstead, Riddlesdown Coulsdon etc
     
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    Around 100 miles round trip driving from South Oxfordshire. I can never bring myself to trust the trains!!
     
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  12. Tramore Ranger

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    If flying over it's a 22 hour day trip, leaving home around 3am to get flight from Dublin and getting back home around 1am the following morning........

    If driving over it's a weekender and about a 800 mile round trip......
     
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  13. Ninj

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    If I am not working at the weekend, I will drive to Surrey from Dorset (roughly 100 miles) and get the train.
     
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    Some of the distances travelled here are amazing, I take my hat off to you all...<applause>

    I'm waiting for Kiwi...:grin:
     
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    185 mile round trip. I get the train if I expect to have more than 2 pints, it’s a decent service to Marylebone.
     
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    Near Midhurst, West Sussex. 100 mile round trip by car. Bit of a temptation to use the red button on weekday evening matches now, rather than getting back at midnight.
     
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    qprbeth Wicked Witch of West12
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    Wow aren't we a dedicated group.
    A new question ( adjunct to this). Does anyone live near the ground?

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  18. Rangers Til I Die

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    Feel an utter wuss.
    30 mins via Hanger lane or maybe 40min on the 95.

    Respect to all the travelers!
     
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  19. jeffranger

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    Did do when I was nine & lived at scrubs lane/college park then.
     
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  20. Tramore Ranger

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    Used to when growing up, you could see the floodlights from the back of our house......it was roughly a 5 minute walk to the ground.
     
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