Being able to get out and about round London on two wheels, especially if they are motorised, can be a very useful way of travel. Not only are you not reliant on public transport, but you can weave in and out of heavy traffic in times of congestion.

All that means getting through your CBT test in London at any time will be a positive move, but this will be even more so as a fresh wave of rail strikes looms.

While the impact on trains to Liverpool for the Eurovision Song Contest on May 13th has had a lot of publicity, it is in and around London that many of the worst problems will be felt in the next month.

Indeed, May 24th will bring a specific problem to London as striking members of the TSSA Union will disrupt the Elizabeth line, on the first anniversary of its opening.

The strikes on May 31st and June 3rd will also be significant in June for various reasons, especially the later because it is when the FA Cup final will take place at Wembley.

With the game being a derby game between Manchester United and Manchester City, the streets of north-west London will be heavily congested by the extra traffic of hundreds of coaches and many more cars making their way down from Manchester to Wembley. The FA alone has secured 120 extra coaches, which will help fans get to the game, but also make the roads much busier.

Quite apart from all that, the suburban rail network of London will be impacted, as will journeys to and from the capital. Moreover, this is a long-running dispute, so there is every reason to think it may drag on for months yet, meaning more strikes and disruption will follow.

However, once you have your motorcycling wheels, you can still get around the capital without much difficulty even when the trains are idle and the stations empty.