Finally: maps

Soon I will go hiking with my Dutch friends. We had decided that this time, we would try the Peak District. None of us had been before. And it was nicely situated between Hull and Bethesda.

I figured I'd go and buy the map of the area. And I had to look on the OS website; it turned out that you need two maps for that area. So I bought them both. And also bought the map of Shrewsbury, and that is the area where Nick lives.

The maps were dispatched soon. So far so good. But then it was Evri delivering them. They have a bit of a terrible reputation. And they added to that! I got proof of delivery; a picture of someone holding the envelope with the maps in front of a door I didn't recognise at all. It certainly is not a door on my street. This happens so often! The local Facebook page is absolutely full to the brim with people saying "does anybody recognise this door? My package was delivered there but I don't recognise it". 

Not my door

I told both Evri and OS it had been misdelivered. And it basically is the responsibility of OS that they send out actually reaches its destination. So when I sent them the proof of delivery and a picture of my actual front door, they agreed that these were two entirely different doors, and just sent me a new set of maps. If they would just have sent it with Royal Mail that probably wouldn't have been necessary. The postie knows where I live! Is the other option the cheap one by any chance? Although I doubt it remains cheap if the significant percentage of whatever they sent out delivered to a completely arbitrary address, and they have to resend the order.

Either way; I have my maps now. We have a plan for the hiking trip! And I have already had a quick glance at the Shrewsbury map to see where I could go running next…

Better late than never