Saving money for a new bike, and cycling to work

I'm quite good at economising, taking on extra shifts and cycling to work, a necessity when trying to save money, especially when I'm planning to buy an expensive new bike!  Some things are worth the effort.

An hour and a half in the saddle to get to work in the morning, tat's fine, I've done it a few times on the flat-ish to Eastry.  I'm just not sure that I would make it up that last hill, past the Gibbsons, farm shop and on that little bit further to Aylesham.  On training rides I struggle up the hill out of Wingham, and stop at the shop for substance, turning towards Sandwich with a big grin,  mostly because I'm then full of sandwich heading to Sandwich, which always makes me laugh, (Corney I know)  and although it's the half-way point it feels easy as I go on whizzing downhill to sea level, and round the coast to get home.  My day off, training ride is a round trip of 60Km,  it's just putting my toes in the water to commute is something else.

To carry on to Aylesham and cycle for an extra shift, it would be 66Km a time, at least my ride would be broken into two 33K trips, I should be able to do that comfortably, but that last 3Km is all up a long slow hill :-(

get up that last hill

Just think what I would save in petrol and what three hours of exercise a day could do for my figure!  The question is would I actually make it that few miles further into work?

Getting home again is ok, its downhill!