A HOT AND SUNNY TUESDAY – 23/06/2026

Good morning, everyone! It’s going to be a hot one! Blue skies all day, temperatures between 21 and 29 degrees C, accompanied by light ESE winds. Keep in mind that these temperature forecasts are in the shade. It’s going to be much warmer in direct sunlight.

All island travel services appear to be running to schedule, as of 08.30 this morning, and there are no further reported problems with either … Read on

A HOT AND SUNNY MONDAY – 22/06/2026

Good morning, everyone! The Met Office is forecasting a hot and sunny day with blue skies throughout. Temperatures will range from 18 to 28 degrees C, accompanied by light and variable E winds.

All island travel services appear to be running to schedule, as of 06.45 this morning, and there are no further reported problems with either our roads or traffic.

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A CLOUDY START TO A SUNNY FESTIVAL SATURDAY – 20/06/2026

Good morning, everyone! After a very cloudy morning, the Met Office is forecasting bright, sunny and warm conditions from midday onwards. Temperatures will range from 17 to 21 degrees C, accompanied by light WSW winds.

All island travel services appear to be running to schedule, as of 07.45 this morning, and there are no further reported problems with either our roads or traffic.

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HOW DO WE CONSTRUCT OUR FRIENDLY CABS MORNING SUMMARY POSTS?

Good evening, everyone! I thought some followers might like to know what goes into constructing our daily summary posts each morning.

On a normal day, with few weather or travel/traffic problems, those posts normally take me circa 30 minutes to construct.

The time consuming process is checking every possible source of information. I always check the following:

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TUESDAY 04/03/2025 – AN UPCOMING TALK TO THE STUDENTS OF ST. GEORGE’S SEN SCHOOL IN NEWPORT

This Friday I’m very much looking forward to chatting to one of the classes at St George’s SEN School about the life and work of a taxi driver. Apparently, one of the students in this class is passionate about one day becoming a taxi driver, so I’ll be giving them some information on what it entails, how to become one and answering lots of their questions! Can’t wait!👍

Duncan
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A LOVELY DAY WITH WESSEX REGIONAL CARE AND MARGERET’S WONDERFUL DRAWINGS!

Last year I had the privilege of driving the lovely ladies and gents from Wessex Regional Care.

They visited the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary in Sandown and everyone, including myself, had a wonderful day! One of the ladies promised faithfully to draw me some pictures from the day and email them to me, and true to her word, I just received two fantastic dinosaur pictures this morning!

Margaret, these

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DO FRIENDLY CABS HAVE A BOOKING APP?

No, we don’t! Whilst learning the taxi trade, I worked for two companies, one of which used an island based app. I found the app to be unreliable, both for customers and taxi drivers.

On multiple occasions I would arrive at the booked destination to find the customer had left without cancelling the booking. At other times I heard of drivers accepting a booking but not fulfilling it.

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