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Published:
December
28,
2009
Spare
a thought for our posties at Christmas, says
Burnham Lib Dem
Burnham-On-Sea's
Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Tessa Munt saw at first
hand the hard work that postmen and women do throughout the festive
period during a visit to the town's sorting office last week.
She
joined local postie Val Stone at 6am on Christmas Eve to sort
through the mail at Burnham Sorting Office before accompanying
Val on her final delivery round before Christmas.
 Tessa
and the postmen and women were held up at Burnham sorting office
by the icy weather until the Post Office Manager gave clearance
for deliveries to begin.
Several
staff in the area had hurt themselves on icy pavements the previous
day.
Tessa
told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "It is eye-opening how many items
of post are sent and delivered locally. Postmen and women work
extremely hard and I really appreciate their efforts, particularly
at this time of year."
"With
the poor weather we had leading up to Christmas there was a bit
of a backlog, so posties in rural areas worked extra hard to get
everything delivered in time for the big day."
The
average number of items put in the post across the UK every day
is 75 million but, as the trend towards online shopping increases,
Royal Mail estimates that on some days leading up to Christmas,
it handles 140 million items a day.
Pictured
here are Tessa Munt and postie Val Stone sorting the Christmas
Eve mail at Burnham Sorting Office, and (top) out on the village
post round
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