Today: 27 Newmarket Rd glowing from the inside: Orange berries: Lime tree road walking panorama.
As we got out the van to start the walk I felt an unfamiliar sensation, cold. Lasted a brief 5mins and within the hour I was back to sweating. A typical Wednesday delivery, fancy menswear, Boden and baker ross catalogues. Booster vaccination letters for older customers.
etters for older customers.
Today: Noticing orange berries and pink edged foliage: walking panoramas Lime tree road.
A hectic and sweaty morning sorting in the delivery office. A seemingly endless quantity of flats to sort. Double mail on most of the walk to set in, bags Christmas heavy. Sultry sweaty day delivering, overnight rain left edges damp. More traffic again as new term gets more fully in swing with school term starting. Work an extra 1.5 hours to get all the mail delivered.
Today: A moment in Eagle Walk.
Moral is low in the sorting office as we arrive to frames still filled with letters and yet more mountains of sorting and parcels. We prioritise walk 211 and the sections of 206 we missed on Saturday. Hard to leave mail sat in the frame knowing it will not be delivered until tomorrow. Economists and Beano comics, which usually get delivered Saturday are sat waiting to be delivered as I type.
Delivery Office is hot and I am in a lick of sweat before the walk is set in. Tired of feeling permanently sweaty, bored of the little drips of sweat drip off my nose and ready for the weather to turn colder. 28 degrees registers on my car thermometer as I drive home.
Students and traffic are back at City College after the summer, but Ipswich road closures remain. Not feeling so keen for the upcoming strike days this Thursday and Friday as the knock on disruption is so tiring. Fingers crossed a resolution is found soon.
Thur 11 Aug
Today: A chapel on the walk to Akrotiri: sunset reflections in taverna windows: Table cloth
A walk down to the Akrotiri to the Minoan archeological site, awe inspiring and impressive. A walk to the red beach, packed with tourists if all nationalities. Wonderful sea swimming with fishes surrounding us. A dip in the pool before a meal in the Taverna next to the hotel, which was filled with the colours of the sunset.
Today: View from bedroom window: Chair and shadow on balcony: sunlight: Cactus in a pumice stone pot.
Family holiday in Santorini. Magical island. A great first day, a trip to buy provisions and lounging by the swimming pool. Heading off to see the sunset by the light house.
Today: Yellow verge shadow selfie: New fungus growth on the Oak tree at 47 Ipswich Road: Plentiful pears, Lime tree road.
Last day at work before a two week holiday. Feeling tired. Fresher weather and sunshine, a beautiful day. Delivering walk on my own, missing my van mate. Everywhere feels peak summer holiday.
Today: These exhausted leaves struck a note of resonance with my mood: Van shadow.
Today: Water leak in Allen’s Lane newly repaired and looking less exciting: Van shadow: Branch shadow’s in a garden I cut through daily: Shadow selfie, Ipswich road: A cluster of “wishes” in Plantsman’s Close.
Noticing shadows. The day is hot, humid and sunny. Not too much to deliver but hard work, started the day in a lick of sweat and finish in a lick of sweat. We enjoy the cross breeze through the van when we turn.
Today: My eyes are caught by colours and patterns: Leaf reflections in van: Yellow wall and roses, Mount Pleasant: Giant fresh green: Licorice allsort like flowers, Ipswich grove: Pink ivy, Ipswich Road dentist.
Warmer again, listened to Mansfield Park whilst delivering. Enjoyed the rush of cold on entering Tesco on Grove Walk at the end of the delivery.
Ginny Bain 