[Misc] London Cabbies.

[Cowfold Seagull]

If you really want to experience crappy taxis and drivers, check out Delhi or Istanbul.

Nothing comes close to riding a rickshaw in Delhi though!

Just make sure you up your insurance before you go.

 

[Baker lite]

If you really want to experience crappy taxis and drivers, check out Delhi or Istanbul.

Cairo is quite a buttock clenching experience by taxi…

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

I didn't mention ubers in my original post, just the black cab drivers that l encountered on my trip to London last weekend.

I've never used an uber in my life. would have no idea how to book one anyway.

Fair enough

 

[Robinjakarta]

Nothing comes close to riding a rickshaw in Delhi though!

Just make sure you up your insurance before you go.

There for a month some years back with wife joining me near the end. First night out, I just had to introduce said wife to Delhi autorickshaws. After less than one minute, she was hanging on for dear life, the whites of her knuckles whiter than ever. I turned to her and calmly said: 'It's normal.' How none had tipped over in the 3 weeks or so remains one of life's mysteries.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

It’s a shame many don’t realise how walkable (or runnable) London is…..used to chuckle at people in Canary Wharf when the Jubilee was up the creek, waiting an hour or more to get to say London Bridge, which is a lovely hour’s stroll along the river. TBF when it’s working, and if you’re simply going point to point without having to change the tube is good, but agree if you have to change it can be a right ballache.

When I worked in Leadenhall St, people used to get the tube from L/B to Bank. I used to just walk and always beat them into work. Central London is very walkable.

When I was working in London they published a map showing the average walking times between tube stations in central London. When you took into account the descent / ascent times from street level to platform and the wait times between trains in off peak times it was often just as quick or quicker to walk

True. When I’m in central London I often walk around, it’s very enjoyable.