In my last job I used to do one or two days a week in Henley, about 2 hrs 30 door to door. If it was two days I'd stay over. Don't underestimate how much a couple of long commutes messes up the whole week.
Don't move out, you'll only regret it, people are weird and boring outside of London.
Or really move out, and get somewhere on the Norfolk coast, gentrify it enough for when I move (prob never due to point 1).
In my last job I used to do one or two days a week in Henley, about 2 hrs 30 door to door. If it was two days I'd stay over. Don't underestimate how much a couple of long commutes messes up the whole week.