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1) Why not vary your route sometimes. Even if the alternative route takes a bit longer or is a more demanding drive, it gives an alternative impression of the way your home and work are connected. When I used to commute by car, for a while I used to use two routes, each for a week, in turn.
2) If you are able to, why not also use another car sometimes.
3) Find one or two places you can stop for a coffee, probably more suited to the return journey than the outward one.
4) See if you can find anyone who needs something (legal) to be transported between your two destinations on a regular basis and would pay you to do so. If you became an informal courier then your 6 hours could become work too!
5) You say that going by train isn't a practical alternative. But why not go by train just occasionally, for the sake of variety.
6) You could occasionally stay the night in the town where you work. That would eliminate 6 hours of travelling. Possibly you could combine that with your 'train days' so you go by train one day, stay the night and come home by train the next.
7) If your job, or part of it, is suitable for working from home, you could suggest to your boss that you could work at home from time to time
Edited by Sofa Spud on 16/03/2010 at 11:57
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