2010 has been a difficult year for me financially; the recession bit very hard into my takings, my best customer found love and now hardly goes out any more, and fuel prices rocketed.

Personally, 2010 has been cruel too, with an immediate family member being diagnosed with cancer, and the subsequent fear & upset within my own home.

On the roads 2010 has been a bit of a nuisance too, two years running now we’ve had prolonged icy conditions which have lead to atrocious blemishes on the road surfaces.

Some of the potholes from last winter remain and they don’t get any smaller with time.

On my beloved Preston North End, well, we all know the predicament they’re in thanks to 2010.

Politically, well it’s best I don’t go there. What are the forbidden topics you must not talk about in a pub? Politics, Religion and what?

Family wise, 2010 has not been too bad, oldest daughter has been with her boyfriend for a year now, and the other two are doing well at school. However, the fifteen year old got herself sozzled at a party on vodka and dually got a lengthy grounding.

Socially 2010 has been ‘alright’, I’ve managed a few nights off, a few heavy hangovers however, but plenty of good memories. Much thanks must go out to the pubs the Dog and Partridge and the Mad Ferret for that.

Finally, on the customer front, I’m still here doing the job. Yes I’ve had some right nasty pieces of work in the cab, but I’ve had many hundreds more good folk than bad.

Happy New Year Preston and its people.