Going the long way round

[heleninwales]

There has been an interesting development re the parcel that didn't arrive, even though it was tracked to the sorting office less than half a mile away. I decided I'd call in at the office this morning to see if they had it, but looking at the tracking before I set off, I saw it was shown as arriving in Belfast, Northern Ireland! I have no idea how that happened. I can only assume that someone managed to throw it into the wrong bag.

Anyway I called in at the office and gave the chap behind the counter the tracking number. He disappeared into the back for an awful long time, then returned with a 3 page printout showing the parcel's journey so far. He assured me that it should come back to Wales and indeed the detailed tracking shows it as now being in the outward mail from Northern Ireland.

More parcel journey news when I have it...

In other news...

There were more people at the Welsh chat this morning. I had been worried that the group had dwindled to a hard core of regulars, but we've suddenly gained 3 or 4 new people.

Finally, the weather is at its most changeable today. It's as though someone is trying to install spring, but it's not quite sticking and the weather is flickering between seasons. One minute it's dark and gloomy winter with heavy hail, the next it's bright spring with blue sky and sunshine.

Comments

[flemmings]

Sympathy on the straying parcel. At least mine only went to the next province, not the next island over.

[heleninwales]

Fortunately it's not something I want urgently, so it's now become amusing to follow its progress. I'm hoping it will be back on mainland Britain by tomorrow.

[kaishin108]

Your package is on a tour of the UK, that is wild.

[heleninwales]

I've had things go astray before, but never when they had been somewhere to close to home. How it happened is a mystery, but my theory is that someone threw it into the wrong bag by mistake and it went out with the post for Northern Ireland instead of being put on the van. I can't see how else it can have happened because the right postcode is on the tracking.

[cmcmck]

We had a hi fi amp go walkabout around the UK for some reason!

[heleninwales]

I've had things go astray before, but never when they had been somewhere to close to home. How it happened is a mystery, but my theory is that someone threw it into the wrong bag by mistake and it went out with the post for Northern Ireland instead of being put on the van. I can't see how else it can have happened because the right postcode is on the tracking.

[eve_prime]

I'm glad more people are showing up for the Welsh chat!

[heleninwales]

It's very encouraging that we've attracted a few new members, especially as the Quaker meeting is on its last legs. I was beginning to worry that my other group for social contact was also doomed. But the Welsh group is looking more healthy, especially as there's a chap who usually joins us in the summer when he comes to stay at his caravan.

[eve_prime]

Yes, that's great!