70 miles is still way too far for a daily commute, surely? But now that there's a decent road, possibly do-able.
After my Hawk refresher, it took me around 8 hours to drive to Chivenor on the old A5 to M5 route to Taunton and then the Black Cat café route. And I certainly do recall how glad I was to see the 'Croesoe I Gymru' sign in my rear view mirror!
It did amuse me when Ascent was advertising some post based in Bristol, which required 'regular' visits to Valley - I could imagine people beating a path to their door. Not!