The Postman Doesn't Ring Once!

Did you notice that the post was thin in the early part of August? Is there something you expected to recieve through the mail that never arrived? It seems that during a period from Saturday the 7thAugust through to Wednesday the 11th August a number of homes received no post at all.

This was not a case of some unloved members of the Road being ignored by their chums. Bank statements, mortgage documents, birthday presents and a variety of other expected items, confirmed as sent, never arrived. Mike Fitzpatrick and Joy Woolstenhome have been trying to secure an adequate response from the Royal Mail. Todate Joy has had what could only be described as a stock response and Mike an enourmous amount of frustration.

Trying to speak to someone who treats the complaint seriously has involved Mike in 'phone calls as far afield as Plymouth and Bangor. Unfortunately the Royal Mail don't even count the post as lost untill it has been missing for 15 days.

If you think you should have received something this month you had better check with the sender and if it has not come add your voice to the list of complainants by witting to :
Karen Robinson, Customer Service Advisor, Royal Mail Customer Services Centre, PO Box 740, Stoke on Trent, ST1 5XZ, 'phone number 08457 000 606. Of course, as Mike will confirm, it may not do you any good.

Boston, culture and pubs

Val and Ellie in old Boston

The Jeppos teamed up with the Brewers for a few days in the New Hampshire White Mountains and Boston.

Water parks, swimming pools, trails, restaurants, culture, and of course pubs.

A tour of the Heritage Trail round Boston had to be broken in a microbrewery pub for the two Daves, so Val and Ellie got stuck into the wine.

Salmon Update

Dave Brewerooney produced a fabulous breakfast for Val Dave and Ellie. The champagene and orange was a welcome reviver after a night of excess with neighbours.

Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs

Val's breakfast

Val's birthday breakfast on Sunday will be smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with cherry tomatoes washed down with champagne and orange.

It will be prepared in the kitchen by Hertfordshire's leading chef, Davido Brewerooney, with his two assistants, Tom and Mike.

Ellie will be preparing and tasting the booze as usual.

The whole event kicks off at 9.30 and pygamas are optional.

The only thing the chef requests is that the bottles from the previous night's debauchery are cleared away prior to his arrival in the new kitchen to commence his activities.

Aldenham Day Out - Photo Update

Hi Dave. I've updated your photo album (Click Here) with seven pictures from our visit to Aldenham Country Park yesterday. I compressed them and kept them to about 500 pixels, so they load faster. You can run them as a slide show. You might want to add some more. If you do you can use the 'add a new album' facility.

Hope the journey home was OK. Great weekend. Thanks for making the effort.

By the way, did you get any pictures of the Christmas Lights being switched on in Brockholme Road? If so you might want to update the album. If you do you can use the 'add a new album' facility. You can then update the story below. The user name for your photogallery is 'Brockholme', and the password is the football team Ian supports.

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