On Saturday, October 5, a friend in London kindly posted two copies of an urgent letter for me, one to my house in Għarb and one to my mother in Sheffield, a distance of about 160 miles from London.

The one posted to Għarb arrived on Wednesday, October 9, the one posted to Sheffield (guaranteed delivery by 1pm on Monday, October 7), was delivered on October 24.

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