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Walk 206: 23/05/22

Today: The gate at 44 Mount Pleasant is invitingly sunlit as I exit The Cedars: After rain yesterday, bushes seem to have grown over night, new leaf growth patterns catch my eye: As I return to my car, after my delivery, the strong summer sun has returned into the day and I am caught by the reflection of the yellow posts in my windows and by the shadow of my door handle on the white lines.

A welcomely uneventful day’s delivering, satisfactorily average weather, parcel volumes and mood. A perfect backdrop to catching moments of beauty.

Out on Delivery

Walk 206: Monday 23rd May

Today I notice all the unexpected growth, all the weed filled nooks and cracks. I am heartened by the resilience of nature and how the smallest crack offers enough potential for nature to try to thrive.

An aggravating day, damp and sweaty. Lots of morning traffic. A broken handbrake cable, the worry of driving without a handbrake and the extra time to arrange a different van to be brought out and to transfer all the mail over. New managers in the office and the possibility if going on strike hanging in the workplace air.

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Walk 206: Friday 20th May

This has caught my eye all week. A colourful haphazard, spontaneous over spilling of plants on the drive of West View. An array of textures and delicate colours.

A slightly unremarkable day’s delivering.

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Walk 206: Thursday 19th May

Today: A special delivery of Honey Bee’s. A humming, sweet smelling parcel that was curiously warm to the touch: With insects on my mind I caught a picture of one of the caterpillars devastating box hedges around the area: In the cooler, overcast weather my eye is caught by the edge of green on the letterbox of 8 Church Avenue: Gardens are starting to smell sweet and this rose caught my nostrils as I left a house on Newmarket Road.

A moist, warm, scent and insect filled day delivering.

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Walk 206: 18th May

A busy Wednesday delivery: a hot sunny day. Shadows catching my eye today as I walk.

Shadow of clip on my parcel delivery notebook; door shadow at the flats on benjamin gooch way; foliage shadow, christchurch road; geometric handrail shadows, plantsmans close.

Out on Delivery

Walk 206: 17th May

A warm Tuesday; mail mostly consisted of Go outdoors catalogues; an extraordinarily structured flower, Newmarket Road.

Worked with a different colleague.

Walk 206:

Today, a sunny delivery: the sun catching bluebells on a meadow like lawn in Church Avenue East: A favourite purple flowering bush on Newmarket road; some new graffiti lower down on Newmarket road.