Today: Colours of tinsel and autumn leaves match in Church Avenue East: Red stems, Ipswich Road: Fence mushrooms, Plantsmans Close: This weird small fence/ wall end moment caught me in Harford Manor Close.
Not the influx of mail we were expecting, the two days strike seems to have really put a spanner in the works. An eerily quiet day on the streets. Damp and cold again. More strikes for the next two days.
Today: Autumn Leaves, Church Avenue: Spider’s web, Allens Lane: Wet leaves, Ipswich Road.
A slight mist hugging us damp, it lifts later, partially. Moist droplets, catch the eye,on webs and foliage. Burnt orange is the colour of the morning with the Beech trees looking splendid. Still plenty of foliage, flowers and even a peek of lilac in a lavender bush, feels unusual for late November.
Plenty to deliver, increasing numbers of cards and ordered Christmas presents. Finally less catalogues and promotional material and the backlog of magazines which weren’t delivered last week due to the strikes.
Today: Pointy leaves, Christchurch road: Mysterious box, which caught my eye, East Anglian Squash and Tennis centre: Leaves, Grove Avenue: Twisted fruits, Ipswich Road.
Back after two days of strike to more mail than we could deliver in Saturday working hours. Put in the overtime to clear it before the tidal wave of black friday shopping washes in.
A beautiful softly sunny day made for a very agreeable days delivering.
Today: Wet leaves, Ipswich Grove: Leaf filled puddle, Ipswich Road
A challenging day all round. A band of heavy rain moved in and through during the course of the delivery. My waterproof coat is not quite up to the job and the van and my glasses needed constant de-misting. High volumes of letters, cards and parcels to deliver, plus collections made for a long wet, cold day.
Despite hoping for a deal to be struck we received confirmation that we are striking for the next 48 hrs. It was difficult to move around the office this morning for volumes of parcels I can’t begin to imagine the volumes we will be dealing with when we return to work Saturday…
Today: First frost, windscreen of van: Still unable to deliver to no 9 Newmarket Road: A little leaf that floated it’s way into my delivery bag: A favourite bush, Ipswich Road, muting gently into winter.
A difficult early morning meeting where we learn of the changes being imposed on our working day/patterns. More walks to go and the work to be redistributed to all, despite our often unachievable work loads. Moral is low, with more strikes looming.
A tear of happiness shed at the end of the walk seeing my colleagues, seconds old, new baby granddaughter via FaceTime.
Today: A little leaf waiting for me as I arrived at the van this morning, Delivery Office: Red leaves, The cedars: Round leaf, Lime tree road.
An overcast day that lifted slowly into sunshine, early out (struggled to wake some customers). Plenty of magazines again, the first trickles of Christmas cards and two Christmas door wreathes spotted !! Going to try to photograph all the wreathed door this Christmas and share them…
Today: A series of fallen leaves with rain drops: Leaf on van window, delivery office: Grove Avenue: Ipswich Grove: Newmarket Road
An overcast cooler day. I am really enjoying the silvery water droplets on the fallen leaves. The leaf colours are magnificent, I feel a sadness at how quickly their splendour fades. I pick some up and put in the pocket of my bag but forget to retrieve them. They will likely be crumpled, dry And distinctively less splendid when I find them tomorrow.
A normal Friday delivery, busy but not too taxing. Delivery office full of talk of the new strike dates and the offer of early retirement made yesterday.
Today: Moist berries, Ipswich rd: Purple berries, Allens Lane: Windscreen reflection, Ipswich grove: Droplets on leaf, Newmarket rd.
Rudely, since not forecast, it rained heavily during the morning. Cleared into a sun dazzlingly, clear lighted afternoon. Noticing berries and droplets of water on leaves.
Plenty more Christmas catalogues to deliver and a black Friday flier which ripped at the slightest invitation and made our fingers black and inky. Definitely noticing the start of Christmas shopping…
Today: Black Friday catalogues and wet leaves
A wet, catalogue filled delivery day. Pleased when it was over.
Ginny Bain 