Showing posts with label black cab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black cab. Show all posts

Friday, August 12, 2011

Black Cab Tours

What a perfect way to see the best of London in the ultimate London icon, a black cab. Graham is your driver and a trained guide who has a history degree. Black cab drivers have to know every street within a 6 mile radius of the centre of London as part of the "knowledge". More important than any of that Graham is passionate about the London he knows so very well and his enthusiasm is infectious. I now know that the centre of London is not really Trafalgar Square but is actually the statue of Charles I in Whitehall. To be absolutely correct it is the raised hoof of the horse he is riding and all distances are measured from here. Want to know anything about the Beatles? Hendrix? maybe Dickens or Shakespeare? Architecture? Graham's your man. Check out his web site for information on all his tours.

p.s. if you ask him really really nicely he just might let you sit for a moment in the front seat of his cab. If he does make sure you have your camera for a photo you can show off back home.



Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Knowledge

If you see a bike with a clipboard on the front riding around the streets of London, you can be pretty certain they 'are learning the knowledge'.
The knowledge as it is commonly known, is what one must acquire to be a black cab driver. What this man is learning is detailed knowledge of 25,000 London streets. He will be tested on hundreds of routes. He will need to know about all the major tourist attractions in the city. It will take him 2-3 years to learn.
Whew. With my memory think I'll find another career.


Well yesterday's caption challenge resulted in lots of great captions.
I suggest you go to the comments and read them all.
However my judging team picked these three as the best:
I just tramped in dog shit, didn't I?
You are all torn … Who knows you come with me and we beg a few clothes for you?
Can you tell me how to get to St Pauls?

Think I'd better have a prize next time, you're all so good.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Big Brava

London's famous black cabs. A repair garage for taxis. Interesting graffiti, especially the writing on the brick wall.