Today: A windscreen visitor: wet leaves, Ipswich rd: Japanese Maple leaf, Allens Lane: Wessex Street stairway.
A wet start to the first day of the new delivery, cleared during the morning and by the end of the delivery we even had sun.
A day of leaves, joyful to be able to actually complete the walk and a familiar rhythm to delivery.
Today: Autumnal tree, 98 Newmarket Road: Colourful foliage, Norfolk Terrace: silver birch trees on corner by 85 Suffolk Square: Photo collage, suffolk square.
A last time delivering to Suffolk Square and surrounding areas. Having worked really hard the last couple of days to be in a position to clear both walks we arrive to the news there is no extra person and more packets and mail than on any other day this week. With the shorter finish time we have no chance of getting anywhere close.
We deliver to all the areas we didn’t get to yesterday and then just do the 100+ packets. All the mail is out with us and we try not to worry about the work of getting it back into the frame on Monday.
A beautiful day, plenty of sun and a riot of autumnal colours.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ginny Bain 