Kate Hawkesby: A chat with a London cabbie

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Apr 30, 2023 · 3m

Had a great chat with a London cabbie yesterday.

I love how knowledgeable they are about everything, and they’re super chatty and friendly. It’s a Bank holiday here tomorrow —Monday here our time— then of course they get another Bank holiday the following Monday for the Coronation, so they’re drowning in long weekends here at the moment.

I asked him if that meant everything would be shut, no he said, everything stays open just like any other day – in fact he said the only day you will find everything closed in London is Easter Sunday.

I asked about whether the huge volume of people in town…