Haven't had a postal delivery since Thursday

lyniced

I live in a very snowy Kent, and although the roads haven't been brilliant, they are clear enough to drive on. I haven't received any mail since the snowfall on Thursday night (17th Dec). I am waiting for a couple of small items I want to give for Christmas. I know they have been despatched, so I rang Royal Mail locally and got a very 'sharp' 'we're doing the best we can, but we can't deliver in this weather' . He then promptly put the phone down on me. Ok, the snow isn't melting, but everyone else is getting on with life.

No wonder Royal Mail are going down the tubes!!

Has anyone else in Kent been having the same problems?

BligBlag

Is it possible to collect your mail from the local office?

Rikki

I've just had this e-mail from Royal mail.

Information about mail delivery and collection services
Deliveries and collections in most parts of the UK are taking place as usual today. In some rural parts of the country snow and ice has made roads dangerous and access for our people and vans difficult. Where this is the case, we will restore normal services as quickly as we possibly can. Below are the areas in which mail services have been most affected by today's weather conditions:

Northern England
·In the North East and Yorkshire - Richmond (DL9-11), Leyland (PR25-26), Stockton (TS16-23), Coulby Newham (TS7-9) and the areas around the North Yorkshire Moors.
·In the North West, mail deliveries and collections in central Preston, (PR1-4), Poulton le Fylde (FY6), Brampton (CA8), Alston (CA9), Burnley (BB11), Rossendale (BB4) Macclesfield (SK10-11), Hadfield (SK13) and Buxton (SK17)

Southern England
·In the South East - Brighton (BN1-2), Hove BN3), Lewes (BN7-8), Hassocks (BN6), Tunbridge Wells (TN1-5), Tonbridge (TN9-12), Maidstone (ME14-17) and Medway Valley (ME6, 19-20).
·In East Anglia - rural parts of the PE postcode area
·In the South West - rural areas, as well as parts of central Bath, Taunton and Bristol

Scotland
·Grantown on Spey (PH26), Fort William (PH33)
·Postcode areas - AB30, 37-56 & IV12
·Lochgilphead (PA19), Inverclyde (PA14- 16), Rothesay (PA20)
·Cumnock (KA18), Shoreton and Ayr (KA6-8)
·Biggar (ML12), Airdrie (ML6), Lanark (ML11), Shotts (ML7), Larkhall (ML9).
·Blizzards and heavy snow are also preventing some deliveries in parts of Inverness, the Western Isles and Orkney.

Wales
·Abercarn (NP11), Abergavenny (NP7-8), Abertillery, Ebbw Vale (NP23), Monmouth (NP25)
·Ferndale (CF43), Merthyr Tydfil (CF47-8) Mid Rhondda (CF39-40), Mountain Ash (CF45), Treorchy (CF41-2), Treharris (CF46)
·Port Talbot (SA12-13), Builth Wells (LD2,4,5)

Where deliveries have been taking place despite weather conditions, please bear with us as delivery times may be later than usual. We will resume normal mail deliveries in all affected areas as soon as we possibly can.

Volvic

I'm waiting for 3 more Christmas presents, and until today hadn't had any post since Wednesday. None of my 3 came in todays post unfortunately

mazza111

Well, one of our drivers almost lost his van going down hill today Snow on top of ice isn't much fun. He came back to office to tell the manager that the roads were very dangerous, to be sent back out again. How caring are our management. Fun living in a town in Snowy Scotland that's built on steep hills.

lucky11_2

..and apparently the country hasn't enough salt to grit the roads either... good luck to all the delivery drivers who have to work in icy conditions - be careful out there :-/

custardy

well in Edinburgh the council have managed to grit main routes at most
however anything off of these routes are untouched
we have had vans stuck,crashed or been hit
paths are slidy and few people seem to clear them nowadays,my poor old dodgy knee is killing me with the sliding action while trying to walk

this is in the city,rurals are far worse

lucky11_2

Yeah, whatever happened to everyone clearing their bit of pavement and road?

custardy

lucky11 wrote: »

Yeah, whatever happened to everyone clearing their bit of pavement and road?

on the delivery i do just now theres a lovely little colony with all main doors but all with stairs up to them
however times have saw them run down and all the stairs/paths are worn and for some reason many have tiles on the landing at their front doors
takes over double the usual time in snow as you are just sliding all over the shop

donquine

No idea when he came because I didn't hear, but our postie delivered the mail today fine (just a Christmas card and a bank statement). It's snowing outside heavily, so well done that man. :beer:

lyniced

day four and still no post - but the binmen managed to get here, and the roads are a lot better. So come on Royal Mail, please make a delivery!!!!!