Author: ginnybain

Out on Delivery: Mon 6 Nov

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Today: Beaded curtain and shadow, Walpole gardens: Gold flecked leaves, Ipswich Rd: Crying lady, Albert terrace.

Calmer, cooler and more settled weather has come in. I needed gloves for the cycle and a hat through the delivery. Trees are translucently glowing yellow and all looks beautiful. Very much needed as we try to catch up on the backlog of letters that have built up. Heavy bags with, in some cases, four days worth of mail. All made more challenging by the heavy cold I have caught off the colleague I worked with last week !!

Out on Delivery: Wed 1 Nov

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Today: Noticing the beautiful leaf colours and enjoying our windscreen visitors.

Definitely feels like Christmas busyness is underway. Loads of chunky catalogues making the bags heavy. Needed two trolleys for the first time this year.

Out on Delivery: Tue 31 Oct

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Today: Halloween delivery, I planned to photograph all the jack o lanterns but didn’t see as many as I expected. The first one I clocked has “Dylan’s pumpkin please don’t steal” written on in Biro.

Spiders web’s a plenty to give spooky vibes to the day…

Out on Delivery: Mon 30 Oct

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Today: A return to the walk after a week’s holiday. A backlog of mail due to staffing issues last week. Three of us tackle the build up, creating different working patterns.

A gentleness to the day, but no regrets at having return into long trousers. Leaves are starting to carpet the roads but still beautiful blooms to be seen through the walk.

Wearing in some new walking shoes. They made me feel very tall and sturdy but my leg muscles are this evening registering complaint.

Out on Delivery: Sat 21 Oct

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Today: Just so happy it wasn’t wet like yesterday ! Enjoyed the walk, all the streets were strewn with fallen leaves and all was still damp (including my van seat).

Enjoying the autumn colours.

Out on Delivery: Fri 20 Oct

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Today: Storm Babet brought a day of endless rain. I cycled to work through rivers of water flowing down Mousehold heath.

It didn’t stop raining. Letters turned to mush, the van fogged up and despite two rain coats, waterproof trousers and waterproof socks, I was wet through by the end of the delivery.

At some point in the middle of the day, as we were delivering to Mount Pleasant it became particularly heavy rain and I discovered that my pockets had puddles in the bottom of them. Both pens and my keys were floating.

Luckily, days as wet as that are relatively rare.

Out on Delivery: Wed 18 Oct

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A gentle day, perfect for delivering mail. People in chatty friendly moods. Both things helped smooth through a large Wednesday delivery. All looking more autumnal.

I enjoy spotting the work of local graffiti artist, knapple around the delivery. She paints pineapples around the city and people commission her to decorate their bins and walls. Delighted yesterday to find this whole wall panel in Suffolk Square.

Out on Delivery: Mon 16 Oct

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Today: A shock of a cold day. Hands numb, jacket, gilet, vest stay on all delivery. Jumped from high summer to winter over the weekend. Diffuse sunlight behind these heart shaped leaves in Christchurch make this bush sing today. A ghost like bush, Ipswich Grove, caught my eye with its eerie glow.

The weekends strong wind and heavy rain has brought down many just turned leaves, my opportunity to capture their beauty closed for another year.

Out on Delivery: Tue 17 Oct

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Today: Sunlight through autumnal creeper, Trory street: Halloween decorations appearing throughout the walk, spooky web, Phillipa Flowerday Way.

A fresh but sunny day, perfect walking temperature. Autumnal colours abound and I am enjoying all the halloween decorations and spooky themed doorbell rings. Fun.