Today: An exquisite bloom, Ipswich Road: Reflection selfie in light well, Grove Avenue
Out of respect for the Queen the CWU cancelled our strike day late yesterday. So today was an unexpected day at work.
A memorable day, customers very chatty, often surprised to see us and sharing how sad they were that the Queen has died. A customer in Launceston terrace was dead heading his roses to cheer himself up.
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.
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: 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: Caterpillar munched foliage: A puddle (welcome back my friends): Shadows on leaves.
It rained over night and I notice moments of wet in cracks and feel excited to find a puddle. Being a Postie make me love Mondays, as the mail is always lightest. We zip round, enjoying people being holiday home, the cloud cover and feeling fresh after a day off.
Today: Excitement at rain falling, although in total it amounted to little more than these few drops: Fruits in Roseacre Close: Favourite poppy heads in Kenneth Mckee Plain.
The last of a run of six days working, humid, sweaty and overcast. A lighter Saturday delivery, space to chat a little with customers and catch up with their lives. Managed to remember that access up Unthank road is blocked (forgot three times this week) and excited that Ipswich Road was open two ways City end. Roadworks are keeping us on our toes this year. Ready for a day off, worried that once we agree to working Sundays’s a seven day week becomes an expectation.
Today: A dried red leaf, Church Avenue: Doormat, Ipswich Road: Autumnal colours (in July), Harford Manor Road: Dappled sunlit savannah, Church Avenue: Grumpy Cat, Ipswich Road.
Grumpy cat was perched in the same position as yesterday. An day of tricky, different, customer issues. Delivered to every call in the Cedars. Warm and close. Quiet roads. A clean sweep of parcel delivery, all delivered to customers or neighbours. A van full of customer collections. Back to the old van, missing having a working radio.
Today: Church Avenue East: Foliage, Plantsman close: Cat in van, Christchurch Road: Cat in window, Ipswich Road.
Thursday, bin lorry day, thankfully few encounters today with the bin lorries . A day with cats in, a beautiful brown cat invited itself into our van to have a thorough sniff and explore. Super lovely until it decided to disappear under the van and we spent five minutes trying to get it to move. There was a fabulously grumpy looking cat staring at me from one of the last calls of the day. Sadly the photo doesn’t quite capture the intensity of it’s stare.
Ginny Bain 