[woodcote]

I spoke to our usual postman yesterday and he told me there are loads of parcels in the local delivery office - including for us - waiting to get on the vans. It seems the backlog is partly due to management prioritising the new 'pick-up' scheme and another spike in people off sick. He hoped they'd be delivered yesterday evening (didn't happen) or today (fingers-crossed). The van drivers are putting in very long shifts (12 hours some days) and working Sundays, but are making very little impact on the backlog.

I will get on with the pre-race stuff today - and maybe some qualifying runs... but there will be no racing until Alan, Clive and Iain's cars have arrived. All have spent plenty of time quarantining in the Royal Mail system, so they can be straight out of the boxes and onto the track.

At least snow is not a problem here...