The Butterboy's Blog

A "butterboy" is a London Taxi driver in his first couple of years after passing "The Knowledge". Hopefully this blog will give you some idea of what it's like to start a career as a licensed Hackney Carriage Driver in London.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

I love Bank Holidays

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Why do a I love Bank Holidays? Quite simple really, switch the meter on and there's a lovely big red "3" glowing away on the l...
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Friday, 22 August 2008

Has it been that long?

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Sorry everyone, once again all my good intent to regularly post on here has gone on holiday. Talking of which, rather than take up space on ...
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Friday, 18 July 2008

Holidays are coming... (Part 1)

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Before I pop out to start another weekend of work I thought I might bore you all with my holiday plans. My daughter doesn't really want ...
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Thursday, 17 July 2008

A new broom...

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I've often picked people up who ask me "Is it OK for you to take me to...?" or "Will you go to...?". This is usually...
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Monday, 7 July 2008

Show me the way to go home

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Not quite to home, I already know my way there, but I must admit to using my sat- nav for the first time "in anger" this weekend....
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Friday, 4 July 2008

An apology

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Seems my last posting created a bit of a stir on the board of a well known knowledge school. It seems that because I mentioned the fact that...
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Sunday, 22 June 2008

In the long run

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Two more weekends of work to report on. Looks like I might just be doing weekends and nights for a while. With oil prices on the increase an...
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Kev
Married with a daughter, decided on a complete change of career after 10 years as a stay-at-home dad. Started the London Knowledge in 2004 and finished in 2007. Finally got behind the wheel of a taxi in October and love the job... so far!
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