Taking the long way round

The quickest way for me to commute is by motorbike. 40 minutes journey time. Recently though I've preferred to take the train & tube. It takes an extra 30 minutes. Counterintuitive? Maybe. However it gives me two major personal benefits.

Firstly I get to walk either end, about 30 minutes in total. Jumping on the bike outside the house, parking outside the office and sitting at a desk all day funnily enough meant I was doing zero exercise. Secondly I get to read on the journey, something I need to do a lot more of.

And of course zipping down the rush hour roads also meant I couldn't take photos like this. So all hail the long way round.