Royal Mail and U3A Group

 I've decided not to post any more parcels with Royal Mail for now. Posted one on the 17th May and it has just arrived today 1st June! That is 15 days! Grateful thanks to the buyer who told me it had arrived today.  On the Internet there are over 50 people waiting in this area - some over 3 weeks. It's the BS4 sorting office that is having major problems but other items I've sent recorded delivery, to various areas, still haven't been delivered 7+ days ago. If they don't sort this out soon and recruit more staff they will be going out of business in the near future. For now I'm using Evri who are doing much better than last year and everything has arrived in 4 days. Had a very busy few weeks selling in May, so it looks like many people are economising and buying second hand.

Daughter and granddaughter (Lily and Ava) arrived Monday evening for the week. They went to the cinema today to see The Little Mermaid so I went to a U3A group. Was nice to be out socialising and having a good old chat. They've invited me to join the knitting group which I may give a try. Working on a knitted blanket atm so it might motivate me to get on with it a bit faster. Tomorrow we're all off on a shopping trip. Don't really need anything but it's nice to be out and about in a different town.

                     My Blanket



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