London leaver: ‘I didn’t want my girls growing up feeling scared’

Ambika’s journey to work now takes around an hour – she drives to Woking to pick up a fast train into London – compared to her previous journey of 45 minutes, which feels like a small price to pay for the extra space she has at home for the family plus their two dogs, Fonzie, a cavapoo, and bichonpoo, Romeo.