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Doing the Knowledge during the Summer Holidays

Doing the Knowledge during the Summer Holidays Check out the views on Canonbie Road SE23 when you do Run 151. The six weeks between mid-July and the end of August typically are a time when the local traffic in London gets a bit lighter. I thought I would make use of this and get out on a couple of afternoons during...

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80 Runs Self Assessment – Lessons Learned

I had my 80 run self assessment of the London Taxi Knowledge last week in the new PCO offices at the Palestra Building in Southwark. I had spent the previous week trying to get all my blue book into my head for the first 80 runs and thought I was fairly well ready. New PCO offices at the Palestra Building I made my...

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Cracking on with the Second Book

After taking a couple of weeks break from doing the Blue Book after I finished book one I am now well into the second book. The Firemans Memorial Sextant Avenue E14 I spent a bit of time reading through what I had done and also looking at the points sheets from Knowledge Point that I get each day. I think taking a...

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80 Runs Completed

I have just finished doing my first 80 runs of the Knowledge this week. I have been all around London, to parts I have never heard of and to roads I used as rat runs over 20 years ago. I love doing the knowledge, discovering and learning more about London each day. I am also discovering the more I know, there is more...

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Turn again Whittington

Doing the London Taxi Knowledge on Good Friday Whilst almost everyone else was happy to get a long weekend off, it is time to make hay when doing the knowledge during a Public Holiday. It means you have an extra couple of days when the roads are quiet and most people are sleeping in. I managed to use it to combine...

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Half Way Through Book 1

This weekend I did eleven runs and this means I am now halfway through the first book of the London Taxi Knowledge. It was a wet morning on Saturday and I was at Brent Cross at first light just after six. Then I was into town and while people were stumbling out of a club near Smithfield I was able to get my runs nailed...

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Number 1 London

One of the best ways I find of remembering points is if it is like a trivia question. I was asked by a cabbie friend today, “Where is the only place you can legally drive on the right in London?”. I had not come across this and my first thought was something like a road in a Royal Park. Wrong! The answer...

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Men at Work

Thankfully the sun decided to make an appearance today as I went out to do some runs. We have another weekend away, this time a night in Norfolk so I need to crack on when I can. My plan is to start doing early mornings and weekends when there is less traffic around. Traffic was not too bad today and I was able to...

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Canada Water at last

It was good to get out today and do some of my taxi knowledge runs. After feeling pretty crappy this week I have not been out as I planned. I needed to take my partner and daughter to Paddiington Station so that was all the impetus I needed, even though I was slightly hungover. First of all I wanted to call a good...

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London Taxi iPhone App

I just read about a new iPhone App called London Taxi. It only costs 59p to download and uses a combintion of Google Maps and a rate table to work out the cost of a taxi fare. How much from Manor House to Gibson Square? It contains a list of points around London that can be entered or it will allow you to enter the...

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