It's also because of the extreme weather on the roads 
We're in kilmarnock just outside of Glasgow and last week were completely cut 
off, no diesel for the car  ( as the road from Edinburgh was impassable) no 
postal flights coming in from prestwick and no post making it's way from 
Glasgow 

Luckily now things are getting back to normal as the weather clears up
On 10 Dec 2010, at 09:06, "Agnes Boddington" <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> I moved this to chat.
> You are lucky to get any mail. Here in East Yorkshire in the UK we have not 
> had any mail since Monday last week.
> Apparently it is far too dangerous for the post people to go out in the snow. 
> They can go out at their own peril, without backup if anything happens. So 
> they don't.
> However, the paper boy still does his job every (early) morning) before going 
> to school.
> Also, post and parcels I sent to other parts of the country arrived at their 
> destinations within a couple of days.
> We call it "health and safety" gone mad.
> Also, post and parcels I sent to other parts of the country arrived at their 
> destinations within a couple of days.
> I am expecting quite a few parcels with Christmas presents, so hope they get 
> their act together soon.
> Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK 

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