Yes, I’m back onto my seemingly favourite topic once again - Royal Mail.

I had a failed delivery attempt on Friday where I got a lovely red card informing me I needed to collect an item from the main post office in town. I was a little annoyed because I was in but didn’t hear them knock, but that could well have been my fault. Anyway, went to collect it this morning and it had not been ‘processed’ yet - typical! I find this very irritating and have an alternative solution. Why not drop all of the failed deliveries into the local post office at the end of the round meaning that the items would be available at most a few hours later?! This would save processing at the main post office and be more convenient for people.

This annoyance comes on the day that stamp prices rise to 32 pence for first class and 23 pence for second class. Are we really seeing value for money? Now that the market has been opened to competition, when will we start to see a real alternative?