Ever wondered what taxi drivers get up to at the weekend to let off some steam? Well wonder no more:

Let’s hope there were no passengers left in the back of any of those.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Mark Cavendish proved to be on top form on Monday, leading a tight sprint finish to win the second stage of the Tour de France. With Cavendish looking to be a strong contender for the green jersey for best sprinter and teammate Bradley Wiggins as favourite to win the Tour, all eyes are on team Sky to achieve something incredible this summer.

While it’s the riders that claim the spotlight with their jaw-dropping feats of endurance and photo-finish sprints, none of their achievements would be possible without a supporting team working equally hard on the logistics preparation in the run up to and during the Tour.

Have you ever noticed a rider change bikes half way through a stage? In case anything goes wrong they have to have a spare on hand to minimise any time lost, so each rider will have at least two road bikes with them on Tour, plus one time trial bike for the sprint stages.

Considering team Sky has 9 riders for the Tour de France, that’s a minimum of 27 bikes, all of which must be stored neatly and securely in the team truck to avoid damage.

Then there’s the matter of ensuring the bikes are on hand when a rider needs to make a quick change mid-stage. For this, Sky will be using Jaguar XF Sportbrakes with customised roof racks with capacity for 9 bikes, race radios and TVs to be on hand for their riders (hopefully at the front of the peloton!).

Finally there are the two team buses, which each cost around £750,000 to buy and customise. These are designed to keep the riders comfortable and motivated on the way to the race. There are 9 seats for the riders, an office-style compartment at the back, and laptops connected to a satellite dish for each team member.

Once the riders are safely at the race with the right bikes and support staff around them, the rest is up to them. We’ll be watching with baited breath to see if Wiggins and team Sky can rise to the occasion and bring home the maillot jaune.

A father of three who got fed up with waiting for the local council to act on their primary school’s request for a zebra crossing has come up with an innovative solution of his own to keep young pedestrians safe around the area.

While Kingston council dithered over the decision to put in a zebra crossing outside Alexandra Infant School and the neighbouring St Paul’s C of E Junior School, claiming it would cost a staggering £12,000, Yannick Read was able to create his own for a much more reasonable sum of £50.

The device, which takes a minute to set up, is made of drainpipes, party balloons and lino, but according to Mr Read works just as well as the real thing when it comes to stopping traffic.

Unfortunately, not being the real thing, Mr Read is fully aware that this pop-up zebra crossing is most probably “highly illegal”.

This does not deter the inventor and father of three, however, who is happy to engage in a bit of civil disobedience to campaign for a deadly serious issue – in the past six months a child was knocked over outside the school and another at a neighbouring school was killed.

Mr Read, who works for an ethical motoring firm, is keen to share his experience with other parents and hopes to shame the council into taking action.

With a cost saving of around £11,950 on the stated cost of a proper zebra crossing, perhaps local councils should be looking into the popup model as a cost-effective way of getting safe crossings to traffic hotspots more quickly and efficiently, especially when it comes to the safety of children on the roads.