[Graham]

 Good afternoon,
I have been looking at changing to a better way to transport the box of cars for the next Proxy and decided.

Change Courier from DPD to Royal Mail Special delivery, when they are required.
Pros: Box of cars are collected and delivered by the normal postal system, their insurance cost is quite resonable, and there appears to be no higher cost to send the box to the Isle of Man and back (which is a higher cost with DPD).

Cons: It's about twice the cost to send the same parcel than with DPD, I have not used them for our proxy deliveries previously, so lack knowledge about their reliability, handing in general.

Additionally I hope to use fewer deliveries as a result of personal transfers between hosts, and there is a good probability that this arrangement can be worked out with at least 4 of the Rounds

The outer box type used will be the same, but I will look to change the design of the internal boxes, so that in the event of another catastrophic handing by the Carrier then the cars will be contained within the internal boxes in their allocated foam pockets. I am looking at reinforcing the sides of these internal boxes and have a plastic zip up cover for each one. So that the weight of the complete box remains approx the same as now.

I had anyway increased the entry fee for this proxy, and we have a good number of Entrants promised. So unless this changes after the Registration Date, I think we are financially covered for expenses. But we will have to see, and if necessary I will add something onto the return costs at the end of the series.