3rd day of my partial commute of 2.7 miles (each way) and I'm loving it! Even made it 3/4ths of the way up an absolutely brutal hill (for me, anyway) on my way home last night. 4.2% grade according to Strava, whatever that means relatively. Hoping to edge it to glory in the next week or so! According to the Strava app, I get 272ft elevation gain on the way back home, which is obviously much more challenging than getting to the station.
In some ways I wish it was reversed so it's harder to get to the station, as general fatigue from a long day at work means I'm not exactly in peak fitness to tackle it with verve in the evening. However, on the other side of the coin, the easy ride to the station in the morning ensures I actually do it. Takes about 8 minutes more getting back, as an example.
Amazing to see what others are capable of when looking at the strava segments, and heartening to see I'm not at the bottom of the list on them!
Means you know about it. 
Seriously 8 mins is nothing and it won't be long before it really is a none issue.
@Big_Dave you want to see my Viking Torino, mind you its about to have another change had to spend some of my bike budget on other stuff this week.
@SatNavSaysStraightOn I drove for a living for the best part of twenty years, did my HGV in 2004 (first time complete failure, I put it down to the instructor), as the following week I passed with two minors, and if I had scored on one of the hazed perceptions clips I failed on I would have had one of the highest scores to ever have gone through Gillingham at the time, I got 34/35 on the questions (suspect I have forgot a chunk of that), so we are both quite a little more advanced than many riders/drivers on the road.
Over on another thread I was read what use would a test do cyclist, well there is an answer as the modern driving test does help to teach better awareness something that many new cyclist may be lacking ( I am not pointing anyone out just a general statement)
@matth411 It's good to review things like this from time to time as it keeps your knowledge fairly up-to-date.
Regarding cycle lanes there is one painted for large stretchers between here and Wakefield as its only an advisiour lane it really isn't worth the money spent as most people know most cyclist tend to be toward the left of the road ( I am very seldom inside it) and the reverse where you would want one on a bit that narrows and starts to climb 79ft in .3 of a mile ( 263ft/mile or 4%) it stops before the cemetery.
http://www.strava.com/activities/74457687#1476262354
Another does the same as it crosses a bridge again whilst climbing a little one of these where you do a sharp right onto the bridge and a sharp left back onto the road (one of these where the road would have gone before the railway, these lane they have actually spent more money on by taking the old paint off and painting a lane slightly further out however the road is so bad in places (manholes and service access tops) it almost unusable, certainly on a road bike, but many in cars expect to you to use them because they are there. Then there is the reverse attitude, which I touched on earlier in that many cyclist will use them thinking they are safe because cars are not meant to be in them (solid white line only), which can lead to a false sense of security,.
