Travelling done?

That's it. yesterday was the last day at my current job. no longer will I travel the length and breadth of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland chasing Sales and helping the customers with whatever random pickle they have got themselves into this time. No longer will I travel 40,000+ miles a year and no longer will I do 7 hour drives in one stretch. I have one week of sitting with my feet up and then I start the new job.

 

Yesterday was a day of very mixed emotions, happy and sad, bemused and confused. I know that I am doing the right thing but I have been doing this job for 13 years and many of the colleagues I had then I have now (or at least had yesterday). I think, or maybe I know, I will miss them. I will miss some of the customers and I expect I will miss the driving and the freedom that comes with covering so many miles. the new job will still involve a decent amount of driving, but the next few months will be a lot of sitting in an office and listening to people tell me about things. I am going to get bored. I know I will get bored. but its a necessary evil and if it means I get home every night and spend more time with my family and finally get a sensible work/life balance it will be worth it. Wonder how many times I will argue with myself about that though ;-)

 

So, the one oddity of yesterday is that I had to hand my car back. It's a company supplied car which means I drove to the office yesterday morning and had to make my own way home. Caught a train on the way back, Chesterfield to York, 70 miles in about an hour and a half, stopping at Leeds, Sheffield and a couple of others on the way. Haven't been on a normal British train for a good few years. Not like the tidy efficient Swiss one from a few weeks ago but pretty decent all the same. needs more seats though, I don't know if it was just because it was Friday afternoon or not, but the train was crammed, all the seats full and the corridor sections full of people standing as well. Sure it could be better, bit more planning and a few more carriages maybe? Not mine to sort though so I'll not worry about it too much. No car now till week on Monday, might have to have a few cycles, but I think I'll be stuck in York for the next 9 days, not too many miles.