Today: Black Friday catalogues and wet leaves
A wet, catalogue filled delivery day. Pleased when it was over.
Out on Delivery: Tue 15 Nov
Author: ginnybain
Out on Delivery: Mon 14 Nov
Today: Church Avenue: Leaf and Leaves, Ipswich Rd: “bejewelled” leaf, Ipswich Grove
After a misty start a real gem of a day emerged. Plenty of mail, a water company letter to all addresses in Ipswich Road, a sturdy Gresham annual going to a surprisingly large number of houses, and predictable plenty of Christmas catalogues.
The earlier mist seemed to have left brown and orange dew drops on fallen leaves, and the morning glistened and smoked as the sun emerged. Golden.
Out on Delivery: Sun 13 Nov
Today: A favourite bush, Newmarket Road: Wet leaf on Moss, Ipswich Road
Enjoying all the moss and lush greens today. After the bone dry summer the damp greenery feels comfortingly familiar. A warm, damp and overcast day – fairly perfect delivering weather.
Lots of City Council letters meaning visiting all addresses on some streets.
Out on Delivery: Fri 11 Nov
Today: Moss in brick paving cracks: Remaining leaves, Church Avenue: Leaf, Ipswich Grove.
Enjoyed an early morning electric van training. An hour spent driving through Norwich practicing using the engine to recharge the battery. Now can’t wait for the new vans to arrive (expected in March). Particularly excited by the automatic handbrake.
A perfect delivering day, not too hot, dry and nothing too busy/heavy/difficult. Lots of letters, particularly estate agents touting for business !
Out on Delivery: Thu 10 Nov
Today: Disintegrating leaf, Ipswich Grove: Newly planted box hedge, Newmarket Road: Church Avenue,
An unremarkable day weather wise, which made polite chat way more challenging. Post full of Christmas catalogues.
Loved noticing new box hedge being planted around the walk, after summers caterpillar decimation. Here in Newmarket Rd the new plants seem to dance.
Out on Delivery: Mon 7 Nov
Today: Dissolving leaf: Mossy paving, Ipswich Rd, Oat leaf on grass sprouting gravel.
Over the weekend the seasons turned a corner. Autumn leaves are mulching away and a bleaker wintery feeling is emerging. An absence of recent strike action means the delivery was a normal lighter Monday. Talk in the office of a possible resolution nearing. Fingers crossed.
Out on Delivery: Fri 4 Nov
Today: foggy windscreen, first frost, emptying trees.
A chilly start to a sunny mornings delivery. A panic search for the one o’clock specials which resolved itself. A beautiful morning.
Out on Delivery: Thu 3 Nov
Today: Puddles…Roseacre, Newmarket Road and Church Avenue: Foggy Windscreen leaf.
Flooding and puddles defined the day. Excited by the news that we are getting Electric vans soon. Lots of mail and wet. Pleased to be finished.
Out on Delivery: Tue 1 Nov
Today: A non native spider, Mount Pleasant: Soggy leaves, Lime tree road: Flagstone patterns, Town Close School
The first of November and Autumn is soggier, browner, slushier and less magical. Windy and wet. New waterproof coats is less waterproof than last and I finish the walk wet through.
