Today: Autumn largely declares itself under my feet as we crunch over a carpet of beech nut cases (actually quite sore) conkers, crab apples and acorns. A cooler day, with some soft clear sunlight emerging around lunchtime.
Despite a monstrously large quantity of packets, an emergency stop on the way out to the delivery, and the larger walking day the delivery feels easy and I am feeling better than I have in weeks.
Happy to be outside delivering.
Today: Hips, Walpole Street: Oak leaf, Newmarket Road: glass patterns, Arundel court: Photo collage based on Suffolk Square.
Busy for a Tuesday, volumes starting to build. A cooler fresher day, started thinking about trousers…
Lucky not to get wet, it looked deeply ominous at one point, but stayed dry.
Delighted to have Newmarket Road open again at junction of Christchurch and Lime Tree. Happy to be working alongside Wayne, a cheerful hard working colleague.
Today: A fresh but sunny day’s delivering, after having an extra person on the delivery with us yesterday we have a manageable amount of mail and have a smooth efficient morning’s delivering.
Collage is based on the courtyard outside Walpole Gardens
Today: A blustery day, the first for a while. I enjoy being buffeted until I remember that Kelly was hit by a falling branch whilst out on delivery and the twisting trees take on a more sinister aspect.
A lot to deliver for a shorter Tuesday but Elliott distracts with his quality conversations and by sharing the driving load.
Streets are starting to fill with leaf debris and squashed fallen conkers.
Today: Another beautiful sunny day. A delivery day I will remember, delivering in Plantsmans close I turn the corner to find the lady who lives at 31 has taken a fall. A neighbour is there having just set out to work. She calls 999 and we try to comfort the lady, who is 83 and has taken a nasty bash to the head. Mercifully the ambulance arrive within 10 mins, I remember the five hours Roger, who slipped on the ice last December and bashed his head had to wait. I am deeply grateful she didn’t have to wait as long. I marvel at the skill and professionalism of the ambulance staff as they transfer her onto a board and into the ambulance.
I wish her a good recovery.
How the extraordinary and traumatic lurks within the everyday.
Today: I arrive in to mail that hadn’t been delivered the previous day and was not thrown back in. This meant a couple of loops with three days worth of mail and packets.
Seven boxes of magazines were waiting to be thrown off, National trust magazines amongst them. Bags were heavy, but a second time delivering this half of the walk for Andrew and we make better time, managing to clear all we expected.
A new blue cross caught my eye in Ipswich road, as did the small leaf that had been caught up in the cross creation.
Today: A clarity of a day. Sharp sunlight and a freshness that kept us cool until around 11am. Working with Elliot, plenty of packets and magazines to deliver but the day had a rhythm and pace to it that felt good. Working with just one van key, but the day was just perfect for waiting by the van for the other to finish.
A monster of a day. Too much mail, too many packets, a constant threat of heavy thundery rain, and a serious road traffic accident shutting Ipswich Rd.
Working with a colleague who is new to the walk as Kelly is on light duties whilst her hip heals. Andrew is extremely professional and fast but still more work in describing where the walk goes and remembering all the information I need to share.
We do our best but can’t complete all the walk we took out. Finish feeling a little defeated.
Hottest day of the summer (so far), spiders are everywhere. Usually quite brave I did freak a little when this monster appeared on my delivery bundle. Calmed quickly enough to catch a photo.
Shaun brought me a coffee on his way to work, a definite highlight. Kelly is on light duties to rest her injury so I worked with a colleague Wayne who is a top postie. Plenty of packets to deliver, happy to be driving the last section with the air conditioning on.
Ginny Bain 