Sean has finally got a proper job.
The company where I have been contracting for the past few years recently acquired a much larger competitor. While making the recommendation during dd I was convinced I was talking myself out of a job. Not great news as the market is a bit flat at the moment. So I was pleasantly surprised when I was invited to apply for my own job across the new much larger company. I managed to get it but had to go permie to do so. So its back to having a boss, applying for hols and all the joys that go with it. On the plus side I actually get paid for getting sick - although I can't recall ever having used that particular "perk".

I still have the really convenient office 12 miles from home which usually means a 35 minute drive or a 35 minute (bicycle) ride. I also have another office 30 miles away in Ealing (West London). Sadly this is a 2 1/2 hour drive and too far for me to do regularly on a bicycle. So it was time for a nice sensible commuter