There is a strange intimacy to these ten minutes. In the back of a Leyton minicab, you are neither a worker nor a resident; you are a passenger in transit, floating through a neighborhood that feels suddenly cavernous and ancient.

I feel an odd pang of connection, a thread woven between stranger and driver, short of a lifetime but longer than a single trip.

You can book a minicab in Walthamstow through various methods, including online booking via the minicab company's website, using mobile apps