I was DREADING January and then this happened!

[@saj3298]

Great video, look forward to the next one. The fare I reckon will be 38.60

[@Manchesteru999]

You are flying it Mark. My mate is a cabbie and he comes into the local in pimlico after work and he always says it's dead quiet out there, we end up buying him a pint. The oul fox!

[@Antipodean33]

When i was a younger less wise man I sold some stuff that was illegal and I used a cab to do it. I used the same cabbie every day because he knew what I was doing and didn't care as i paid him probably 3 times what he'd normally earn and he'd do 12 hours for that money whereas with me it was around 8 with breaks here and there. He was a really quick driver and knew all the quick ways and where the latest traffic problems would be.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Sounds like you had a good arrangement 👍 thanks for watching

[@brianquinn6014]

You never know,once in Edinburgh waited a hour for fare that went around the corner,Fuming! As the customer got out a soldier got in,Hull chief was the quote. He had won a few bob in the bookies and wanted to go home in style😊😊😊😊

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Brilliant! That’s happened to me! Got a small one that led to a big one! Always take the job you never know

[@ajnabs]

Mark I love your little snippets of local oddities like the porters rest. Keep up the awesome work. 🤙🏻

[@Taxi_lad]

£34.20. love your videos matk, the way you narrate them really keeps the interest going! 👍

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Glad you like them!

[@chombersSOpA]

What a fantastic last job. Always a great watch.

[@mark-x8w8r]

Its been dire, worse than any other jan on the cabs i can remember, wishing the best to you !! enjoyed your post!!

[@nezbrun872]

I remember when Chelsea Barracks was an operational barracks, in the 90s and early 2000s when I was living in Pont Street, and you passed my old flat as you turned left out of Hans Place. The Chelsea Barracks site, on several acres of super-prime real estate, remained undeveloped for at least a decade, while the Qataris fought with planners and Prince Charles over their design. Not sure why you'd take a cab from the new Peninsula to Harrods, it's one of the most pleasant 15 minute walks in London as long as you go via Belgrave Square rather than Knightsbridge.

[@jaserobert2758]

They probably didn't want to risk getting mugged?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Lovely part of town, in summer it’s beautiful with the farmers market at Pimlico. Thanks for watching

[@RyanPowell-e9m]

Mark, love the channel and the content mate. Me and my girlfriend watch weekly and love the guess the fare in which we’re quite competitive about so I hope I’ve won this time. This week I’m going for £33.80. Keep up the great videos mate. Hopefully I’ll be out there soon. Currently on BB2 🚖📚

[@Markstaxidiaries]

You’re doing great! Those appearances will be coming around super quick! Thanks for watching

[@johngreen6191]

First time here and loved it. Great stuff.

[@baz041268]

Greetings mark another great video be lucky

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@CJ2727]

Great video mate. New subscriber

[@cathythomas250]

Did you see that, at 14:16 at the lights at the Elizabeth clock tower - at red lights mind. This white van goes rushing straight past you all on the right hand side, straight through the red lights!! Am I missing something? I don't drive, so may not fully know the niceties of lights.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I think it was one of those cycling carts, they are a law unto themselves and run reds all day long. Thanks for watching

[@andrewcairns7719]

Great video Mark as always👍

[@ColchesterCO3]

Blimey, that was a jammy job atbthe end Mark. Nice little tip too. That didn't seem like a kipper season day in the end.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Soooo lucky couldn’t believe it! Still my best day this year so far, thanks for watching

[@ColchesterCO3]

​@Markstaxidiaries thank you for making it my friend. Hope I hail you one day. Hope the new week is healthy and prosperous for you.

[@GillinghamBlues]

Another great video - thank you :)

[@jasoncarter2593]

great day and perfect going home job thanks mark for the great video

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Finny14754]

😆😆 I’m an electrician, I was working at that hotel before Xmas , that’s the Hilton isn’t it ? Next to Westfield shopping centre ? . I recognise it straight away .

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Yep Kensington Hilton, one of my go to hotels 😊

[@JasonWindebank]

Hi mark great video my dad was a cabbie for over 30 years❤

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I bet he had many stories to tell! Thanks for watching

[@rayzeevonwilzee]

Another nice video...Thanks Mark !

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lorenzohermoso1085]

Lovely GHJ Mark. "Mind your head" Gotta take the smooth with the rough innit. Trapped on the way in too 👍👍. Dunno about guess the fare but I guessed the destination when I he said Highgate in that accent. £39:20??

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I completely dropped that point! Many thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@frankberkemeier]

Guess the fare 32,00. Nice one again Mark. Cheers. Btw Love the bits about London you educate me.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bartrandsnappy]

Great vid. Thanks.

[@officialeventphotographer]

Great narration you should be piloting a 747 and doing voice overs Subscribed!

[@craigthai1379]

That’s why I always go Thailand for 8 weeks from end December till mid February

[@jaserobert2758]

Love you long time 😂

[@craigthai1379]

@ long time

[@CaboloNero]

We know why you go

[@craigsteele5442]

Because I can I don’t live to work I work to live. I here your doing 5 days in Blackpool again in May 🤣🤣😊

[@ebismusic8813]

@craigsteele5442that’s “you’re”

[@rhyswilliams7884]

On the Porter's Rest, you missed out that it went missing in 2013, and was later replaced with a replica. Westminster Council deny that they were the ones to remove it, claiming it was stolen, despite them having planning permission to take it out. It was later listed so that it would never be removed by council or vandel. Also, £29.40

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Yes I’ve heard that but how can you list a replica? Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@anonymouscabbie]

haha you had if off that day !! good luck to ya mate .... three and half hours to get my first job one evening last week ... but it is what it is be lucky Mark

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thanks, you too!

[@alexcuthbertson9808]

Happy new year mark 🎉 another fantastic video mate (kipper season) I don’t think I’ve heard that in Glasgow I think the 1st 8-10 weeks of the year up & down the country are diabolical mate should have been in Glasgow it was -9 to -11 a few nights nothing like you London boys @ 0•c lol can’t wait for next video mate my guess for the fare is £47.40 👍

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Yep you really get some weather up there! That was still my best day so far this year. Best wishes

[@alexcuthbertson9808]

@ good luck this week mate

[@642eagle]

Always a happy watch your videos, you have a great attitude £46.80 Good luck, I'm sure you'll be on the Steak soon.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Fingers crossed!

[@DBProds96]

Decent runs today, got some nice ones considering the date. Perfect ending!

[@littlejimmy5020]

Great to see another video Mark🎉 My guess the fare £26.40

[@quintuscrinis]

20p less than my guess. 😅 Hopefully having two so close means something.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thank you!

[@theDaveBaxter]

Don’t know how easy it would be but it would be nice to see a clock or something to get a sense of time of day.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I’ll try a get a few more time stamps in thanks for watching

[@taoikonomika]

😆 oh well, the most knocked 🚦 lights is the Bolton street, right on Piccadilly. That's a challenger to the marble arch park lane 🚦 . To my memory the Green Park 🚦 lights off Bolton street very often are knocked over , have I seen cars mounting the kerb straight into lights post. 🤦

[@martingundry4454]

Spent 4 great years living in Highgate. Especially in the Prince of Wales Pub that you drove past on the square. Great Guinness 😂👍❤️

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Never been in that pub! Would love to give it a try

[@Sam_Green____4114]

The history is interesting . When I lived in Cambridge in the 80s there were all these amazing bits of history everywhere which most people didn't even notice them or know what they were . There was a street in Cambridge which had running water in channels running for some distance on either side of the road and most people thought it was just for drainage . But this street was ,in the 18 and 19 century the place where people brought their horses to sell . And it was also a street where horses were hired out . The "Drainage " channel was actually a trough where the horses could get a drink ! Fascinating the things which are there but you don't notice and don't know the history of until they are pointed out .

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Love that about the Cambridge streets! And glad you enjoyed the vid

[@clarehaven6068]

That would be Trumpington St

[@sahu]

38.40 is my guess. Also I lived on Royal college st right by Jeffrey’s Street which you passed on this fare. Loved that area.

[@csj_80]

£36.20? great video as always and thanks for the 4k viewing now 😁

[@akhandbharat7175]

Guess the fare 40£ Mark? Nice vlog again.

[@mfurmyr]

Great video as always. How much do you speed up the video when doing a run? 200%? 400%?

[@andrewkay9222]

a video recorded on my birthday what a treat

[@timgee999]

Did you notice at around 26 minutes you started following a costa coffee van for ages, then it turned right and you went different way , then a few roads later you ended up behind it again, what’s the odds.

[@taxi134-y1q]

That was a real bind for me in my Taxi days.Defrosting the damn car at some obscure time of the morning.🥶

[@Sam_Green____4114]

I've clicked that link to the Kipper season in the top right corner !!! No luck mate . I 've tried 4 or 5 times .

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Will take a look at that! Thanks for letting me know

[@CaboloNero]

Plug the cab in overnight. Stick the pre conditioning on and no frozen cab in the morning and nice and warm

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Wish I could do that here 😢 thanks for watching

[@chrisstjohn9403]

Guessing the fares i have always been terrible £28.60. Ghana high commission was often called at the carriage office some twenty years ago, along with Channing school and Lauderdale house, can’t believe i can still call them.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Lauderdale house I remember on the K but the high commision stumped me. Thanks for watching

[@suneast8997]

Guess the fare, around the £40 mark. Great video

[@mick-nardini]

Kew Bridge, Taxi gods 👌

[@readstadee]

Nice one Mark 👍

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@seoexpertsumon]

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[@Bigaitch500]

Cracking video Mark, my guess is £42.00

[@jaserobert2758]

What are those 30 "alerts" on your payment system home screen?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I’ll look into that! Thanks for watching

[@jaserobert2758]

@@Markstaxidiaries no worries. Thanks for the shift vlogs.

[@jaserobert2758]

Is the heater not doing the job in the cab?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Heater is ok, sometimes it blows out cold air for no apparent reason! I find stick it in Neutral activate the generator normally does the trick

[@jaserobert2758]

@Markstaxidiaries just that you were wearing your thick jacket whilst driving. I would find that very uncomfortable

[@Markstaxidiaries]

@ It’s a soft down filled one which is not too bad, the leather one is like a straight jacket!

[@davidstephenson9251]

Mark, what do you mean by ‘comply with xx roundabout”?

[@listey]

I asked this on a previous video and it basically means "follow the road rules", which seemed strange to me.

[@quintuscrinis]

Usually a one way system or roundabout so having to turn one way which might not be your usual or preferred direction.

[@clarehaven6068]

It just means ‘go round’ or ‘engage with’ that’s all

[@deanp1901]

Mark peninsula to clerkenwell green surely Piccadilly is straighter line without going up to Oxford street Piccadilly Shaftsbury avenue bring you out on Bloomsbury way the same without going all the way up to Oxford street ?

[@deanp1901]

I see why now with Piccadilly solid

[@markpunt9638]

@@deanp1901 roadworks

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Yep straighter but Picadilly down to 1 line and park was still closed, thanks for watching. Road works lifted today

[@london-living]

I take it you lost your badge and got a newer badge ?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Yep! Cab got broken into a couple of years ago

[@michaelfrancis8692]

Highgate Hill £31.60 that was a very good shift..

[@Markstaxidiaries]

It was I was pleasantly surprised thanks for watching

[@zulfqarali905]

Hi mark London's greatest showman of them all keep it up you are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant videos superstar Ali Walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery up the walsall 😢😮😅😊

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thank you, I will

[@alanoakley4371]

Great video. My guess is £34. Alan

[@deathpod1975]

That seemed a half decent kipper day Mark, at least it keeps Dave in a job. For a second when you knocked for him I thought he had buggered off for his hols. Have you ever tried the Novotel Hammersmith when on your run in to town? Looking forward to more Kipper adventures.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I used to pop on there many years ago, I found it a bit weird as the reception was on a completely different floor. Dave’s still around, might give him a few days off if he behave himself 🙃

[@deathpod1975]

@@Markstaxidiaries Yes it is a odd set up, I used to do a lot of work from there when I drove for clarkes coaches.

[@simonk8270]

Just goes to show, kipper season, you never know!

[@streetdrummersinc4387]

Really enjoy this channel ,thank you 😀.£28.83 ?

[@quintuscrinis]

Increments of 20p?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

You're in!

[@nickyg4776]

yep january blues again just ticking over if you get a job going your way home is a result .. in this cold weather when i staret my cab up i use save it defrosts the cab quicker without using electric

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Makes sense for sure thanks for watching

[@glenjones6980]

£32.40 at guess for the fare.

[@ndub415]

Missed starting my Saturday with a Mark video! £44.80 for guess the fare

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thank you for watching!

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@_Super_Hans_]

23:58 White building 3rd floor are having a party

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@Markstaxidiaries]

I’ll take a look at that!

[@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu]

Crazy Cats...... Is his cab horse drawn.......??

[@jaserobert2758]

No app work?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Zero

[@isaactimmins8959]

Gonna guess £22.40 for the fare, I do like your shift videos,

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thank you! Your guess has been noted

[@zulfqarali905]

Hi mark you are doing well in kipper season well done you keep it up you are doing a great job and having fun making some brilliant videos superstar Ali Walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery up the walsall

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thanks Ali! Hope you’re well

[@nigeljohnson6069]

Watching this on a National Express coach out of London, and coincidentally went to Golders Green past the Ghana High Commission! I would guess £36.40.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Hope you’re having a smooth journey! Thanks for watching

[@bradley7021]

31 -40 👍👍guess the fare

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@chrisbutasiririr]

£43?

[@jerrymccarthy2744]

£35 I reckon. Not a bad kipper. Be lucky

[@bowwowrapha7790]

Next episode? I'm gone!!

[@Markstaxidiaries]

I’m thinking of getting merch in the future and handing out something for the winner, the announcement will be at the start of the vid, it will be more transparent and fair to do it this way I think. Thanks for watching!

[@65Lynchy]

Top tip...take a flask

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Good call!

[@chrischristo8377]

Hi Mark, enjoy your latest video, my guess would be $46.75

[@quintuscrinis]

20p increments from £3.60?

[@ejb4298]

I'll go for £26,30 for the "Guess the fare". I do realize I'll probably be wrong, but I just wanted to try. I really enjoy watching your videos, Mark. They help me choose the places for my next visit to London, and at the same time I can recall those I've already seen. Greetings from Krakow.

[@quintuscrinis]

Isn't it 20p increments from £3.60? So would have to be £26.20 or £26.40. Otherwise I think you are probably about right.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Really glad you’re enjoying them! Many thanks for watching

[@monikaunterwegs7960]

Guess the fare: My guess is £42,60.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@cva1004r]

Guess the fare i'd say £38.40 Mark

[@paulanderson1102]

I think guess the fare was £30.25

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@InclusiveDriving]

£27.60?

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@1obsessionafteranother794]

1:38 saw a driver this morning who apparently doesn’t know this 🙄

[@simonhickey4923]

Kipper season all year round no cash no good roaders it's a dodo

[@CaboloNero]

Div

[@hotchefuk01]

26:37 I prefer the old Tardis 😂

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Well spotted!

[@davidmprice]

I am guessing £43.40.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@Markstaxidiaries]

Fingers crossed!

[@timgee999]

£35.80 for guess the fare.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@barneykennett9282]

Nice...👍. Guess the fare...£44.80.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@greigs9384]

There shouldn’t really be Kipper now. There’s minus 7000 taxis and drivers in front of you compared with January 2020.

[@CaboloNero]

These butters haven’t a clue. There isn’t a kipper anymore. They would freak back in the day when pads was on Edgware rd and loo back past the park plaza lol

[@Markstaxidiaries]

That’s true, so far that’s been my best day had a few real poor days after thanks for watching

[@Markstaxidiaries]

@@CaboloNeroI’ve been out 20 years! Lost badge I remember 2008 60 quid 14 hours

[@CaboloNero]

@@Markstaxidiaries lol I wasn’t calling you a butter ha. I’ve had my fair share of giving up and going home with £50. Plenty of days going 2-3 hours with no job that was depressing.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

@ Yep I know the feeling, worst thing about losing my badge was all the other drivers tutting at me 😂 be lucky!

[@listey]

38.20 is my fare guess :)

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@abzz1234]

Guess the fare. £42.40

[@michaelisherwood8670]

I'll go £39 for Guess the fare.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

Worst in 30 years for me down here in Somerset!!!

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Sorry to hear! Used to line In Burnham O S

[@redmed10]

Kipper season. After christmas when nobody got any money. Like when you have cheap meals like egg and chips.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Love egg and chips could eat it all year round!

[@northern_123]

I'm going to go with £32.20

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@salmankayani6212]

Guess the Fare : £42.60

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@boots.444]

Guess the fare... £28.70

[@Markstaxidiaries]

Thank you for watching

[@runarandersen878]

34,90 is my guess.

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@LorraineMurphy-i6g]

Guess the fare £33.20 🤔

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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[@ianwalters-qd3vx]

£33.50 is my guess

[@Markstaxidiaries]

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