vickster
Squire
???The OP is in BrixtonThe journey down might be fun though. Getting the timing of the lights right, before the turning circle and back to Hebden Bridge.
???The OP is in BrixtonThe journey down might be fun though. Getting the timing of the lights right, before the turning circle and back to Hebden Bridge.
Thought you meant ColinJ.???The OP is in Brixton
No because he was addressing the OPThought you meant ColinJ.
Wrong hillside - it wasn't Heptonstall, it was Old Town!The journey down might be fun though. Getting the timing of the lights right, before the turning circle and back to Hebden Bridge.
I used to be a regular buyer of beer at a shop in Hebden Bridge. I started to notice that a private hire driver was coming in at the same time as me most evenings and buying a couple of cans of Guinness. He was ahead of me in the queue one particular evening and after he had gone I made a comment to the owner about it being a bit dodgy that the driver might be knocking back a couple of beers every night while he was driving ...
It turned out that the taxi driver was actually taking them up to an old woman who lived in a village on one of the hills surrounding the town.
I said that it was an expensive way of buying Guinness, costing more for the taxi than for the drinks themselves. Why not get him to buy them in bulk, say eight 4-packs, once a fortnight, and drop them all off in one trip?
The shopkeeper said that the old woman rarely got to see anyone, and it was the highlight of her day to chat to the driver for 10 or 15 minutes when he dropped the Guinness off ... How sad is that!
So, maybe a delivery service with a personal touch could be viable, but wouldn't you feel guilty charging a lonely OAP for it!
This guy does a good job.I think there are already charitable organisations that offer the elderly help with the shopping, take them to the shops or deliver to home. Don’t think a backie on a bike will be an incentive
You never make money going with the crowd.I heard of a man around Castleford/Pontefract/Hemsworth way who, being without a job hit on the idea of a takeaway delivery service.
On the face of it you might think there would be enough takeaway places offering free deliveries. However he will get whatever you want from whatever establishment you want in the area and deliver it to your door for a fiver.
A year after he started he is so busy if I remember correctly he is now running two vehicles.
Not quite the same type of project as the OP of course but there might well be enough of a market for the OP to make a go of it.
Good luck to you.
Delivering drugs would seem to be quite profitable