Today we decided to walk with the kids to their new school. It is quite a distance away compared to back home and even where we were staying previously. Took us around 40 minutes although we should probably be able to get that down to 30 minutes or so once we are familiar with the route and when there's no rain.
This is a big difference from the 5 minutes that it used to take me. The funny thing is that distance wise, it should only be taking me about 16 minutes. However, with lots of road crossings and traffic lights, they do add up with all the additional waiting time.
We might even be looking at renting somewhere on the line if it is close to the train station and then we take the train down and walk from the train station exit rather than to do all these road crossings even though it is nearer.
Time to start getting familiar with the train system then.