Quite excited by this - the other night my flatmate Emeline came home with a London cab she’d been given for free! There it is above, needs a bit of work, but it’s going to be sweet once we’ve got it all ship shape. Anybody know a good mechanic/garage in the Shoreditch/East london area that they’d recommend?
Cookie & Paul are currently walking the 3000 mile long Continental Divide Trail from Mexico to Canada.
Everything about the walk is on the following pages:
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Tracking our progress right across America is no mean feet. Luckily we've had a good deal of help from the kind folks at Nokia, who supplied us with their latest N82 phone with Sports Tracker. It's what we're using to track our route with GPS, take our pictures and write our posts. Finally it's the tool we use to update the blog, whenever we get reception or a wifi area.
Made in England by Gentlemen is a blog written by Cookie, who generally designs websites, draws cartoons, drinks too much, grows a moustache and browses the web for interesting & amusing stuff. But currently the only thing he's doing is walking northwards towards Canada with his mate Paul, if you're not interested in my holiday pics ;) and were hoping for some visual eye candy, may I suggest you check out my girlfriend's blog: Monster-Munch.
Said, on February 24th, 2008 at 11:02 am :
Three Colts Lane is your best bet for a black cab mechanic… its where they all get serviced… south of bethnal green off cambridge heath road!
Said, on February 25th, 2008 at 9:57 am :
that’s amazing! gives the expression “take a cab home” a whole new meaning.
Said, on February 26th, 2008 at 4:12 pm :
who gave her the cab? why? i’m a journalist and would love to know more about this. sounds like a story…
Said, on February 26th, 2008 at 4:26 pm :
Not sure Hannah, but she took it to the garage and they said she could buy one off them in good working order for less than it would cost to do all the work on this one, so she might swap… not sure if that ruins the story? I’ll forward your email to Emeline.
Said, on February 29th, 2008 at 8:05 am :
cookie,not surprised emeline found that it would cost a packet to get running, twas the reason that my bro ended up giving away his own old cab (via freecycle, last year)
but they are ace when they are running, and can turn so tightly!
Said, on March 7th, 2008 at 4:26 pm :
Friend of the family used to own one, but said the hassle of people waving you down all the time or, worse, jumping in the back when you stopped at lights, made driving one a pain.
Said, on April 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pm :
Can You please tell me or direct me to a site that shows me how to make a Keytar out of cardboard I need to make a Keytar for a custome I’m making please email me my email is zelxel@aol.com