I moved my lad to a yard about ten miles from where I was living and did two round trips a day, ten miles to him in the morning, then on to work which was an extra twenty miles, then reversed at night. It got wearing and at weekends I’d tend to go over a little later and make my day all about my horse so that when I left in the late afternoon, I wouldn’t have to go back.
Eventually I moved flat to be nearer to him. I now live 0.7miles from him and it takes all the fear out of not being able to get there to check on him in bad weather, I’ve been unsure it hes ok after sedation or whatever and on many occasions nipped down in my pjs in the middle of the night to check on him. When he was ill and I was doing three hours care a day, I didn’t have a shitty commute on top of the time I had to be there and just in general there is not a day where I don’t want to go check on him because it’s so easy to get to.
I do still tend to go down at the weekend and potter about with him for a few hours but the difference is that if I’ve forgotten something it’s only seconds to run back and get It.
I worry about buying a house and being further away tbh!