Do the Knowledge of London – 1st 28 day appearance
My quest to Do the Knowledge is now happening at a great pace. After a short 24 days since my previous appearance at the Palestra, I was back up for my first 28 day appearance. My preparation and revision had been going pretty well and it was further boosted by a meet-up with a lot [...]
London Taxi Knowledge – 4th 56 Day Appearance
A quick update on my 4th 56 day appearance. This was about 3 weeks ago now and I am back up again in a month. Due to my regular call over partner being back at work a cab driver mate of mine had helped me with some of my calling over. I had been doing [...]
London Taxi Knowledge – 3rd 56 day appearance
First I must apologise for my lack of posts recently. Thankfully it only due to the overwhelming amount of work doing the knowledge takes and not any health issues. Quick update on my second appearance, which I failed to score. After waiting for ages that day I was finally called in and before I could [...]
First 56 day Appearance on The Knowledge
First 56 day Appearance on The Knowledge I had my first appearance last week at PCO Towers. I had spent the previous week with my COP doing around 3 hours a day of Point-to-Point and felt we really had come on a bundle doing the 56 day and some 28 day questions from the daily [...]
London Taxi Knowledge Quiz – London Restaurants
When you Do the Knowledge there are hundreds of restaurants you must learn. Some are well established others come and go very quickly. As a London Taxi driver you will be expected to know where these are and get your fare to them in the shorest and quickest way. Test your knowledge and see if [...]
Do the Knowledge Run 180 – Church Road to Dunloe Street
Do the Knowledge Run 180 – Church Road E10 to Dunloe Street E10 Leave Church Road heading south into Oliver Road. View Run 180 Church Rd e10 to Dunloe St e2 in a larger map Heading west on Hackney Road take the right into Yorkton Street and Dunloe Street is on the left. London Taxi [...]
Taxi Knowledge – Map Test Passed
I had to retake my map test last week and was much happier when I came out of there than I was previously. I estimated I had scored 74% or 66% if they marked me down for putting Mansfield Road instead of Millfield Road on the run to Rushmore Road. After a couple of days [...]
Slight bump in the Knowledge road
I took my London Taxi Knowledge Map Test a while back and managed to mess it up and fail it. Don’t underestimate how much you need to know. I have been keeping notes of recent tests that had been taken and checked all of them out. I had spent my time really learning my runs [...]
Blue Book Runs Completed
I have finally finished my blue book runs! That is one milestone on the long road to getting a green badge out of the way. I did not do the traditional finish at Charing Cross Station as I just had three runs to complete and started with run 320, then did 318 and 319. This [...]
Back on the Knowledge Horse
I can tell I am back in knowledge mode because I am starting to put pressure on myself to get runs done! This is not what the doctor ordered or I wanted either but it is probably my own fault for drawing up a schedule of runs to do over the next few weeks. I [...]