[ It's always only ever ten minutes away, give or take a bit of local knowledge around which routes don't have speed cameras. He's no stranger to working rubber against tarmac as hard as it'll go.
So it's not just optimism that informs his answer but years of shifting expertly through gears. Of familiarity with streets that's decent enough to rival some cabbies. Younger ones, maybe. Not grumpy Bert who doesn't shut up about how Heathrow pick ups is a bloody nightmare these days. ]
Got ten minutes to spare for me? I'll be there faster than you can lock the place up, I reckon.
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[ It's always only ever ten minutes away, give or take a bit of local knowledge around which routes don't have speed cameras. He's no stranger to working rubber against tarmac as hard as it'll go.
So it's not just optimism that informs his answer but years of shifting expertly through gears. Of familiarity with streets that's decent enough to rival some cabbies. Younger ones, maybe. Not grumpy Bert who doesn't shut up about how Heathrow pick ups is a bloody nightmare these days. ]
Got ten minutes to spare for me? I'll be there faster than you can lock the place up, I reckon.