Progress post for Jeannines Canadian 2010 seed swap

[Jeannine]

Hi folks, well  the parcel has left Canada  airmail  and should be with you soon.

In this order

JayB
Star
Markfield Rover
DebP
Hector
Squash 64
grawc
Nilly71
Tinshed
Mushy Pea
mpdjulie
Goodlife
Ninnyscrops
Flowersofshona
Suzanne
Robert Benchley
Ruud

Robert there are UK stamps in the parcel for you to go towards the extra postage for Ruud in Holland.

So I hope you are all happy with the selection, please read the rules enclosed carefully, they are also on the previous thread.. if followed  EVERYONE in the swap will get  some of EVERY variety of seeds I have sent.

XX Jeannine

[Jeannine]

[goodlife]

...unless it is sitting in aeroplane gargo because of the ash... >:(

..sorry folks..did you get exited when you saw mail on this post... :-[

[Suzanne]

Can't wait. I grew some heritage seeds just for seed saving last year - so hopefully can wing some back to you in Canada. :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

...unless it is sitting in aeroplane gargo because of the ash... >:(

..sorry folks..did you get exited when you saw mail on this post... :-[

I should think that's highly likely. Given the weather at the moment, the situation's unlikely to change for a bit.

[Jeannine]

Oh eck, is it really likely to be stuck a long time..I have to be truthful, the press here is not saying much about the ash.I really don't know much about it at all, when it started etc.

I do hope you are all  OK over there.

XX Jeann8ine

[Robert_Brenchley]

We've got the jet stream blowing it straight down from Iceland for this week, and the disruption's getting major. the airlines are getting desperate to persuade the government to allow them to fly before they all go bankrupt, and they're now talking about using the navy to bring people back. Maybe we should take it as a warning, since mass air travel's an unsustainable luxury anyway.

[Suzanne]

I saw an amazing stat on Times online

"The grounding of 63,000 flights over the past four days has saved 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than the annual emissions of many developing countries."

Frightening - I do what I can to recycle, grow my own, insulate to cut my carbon footprint, just shows you how meaningless this is against travel emissions.

[Jeannine]

Wow, and how long do they think this ill last XX Jeannine

[goodlife]

..oh...who knows.. ::) At the moment things are in stand still and the situation is reviewed for few days at the time..

[goodlife]

Postie should start moving again... ;D...any news yet?

[Robert_Brenchley]

The jet stream should be shifting over the next couple of days, bringing us warmer weather and sending the ash to Scandinavia.

[Jeannine]

Hi, I got a delivery from FedEx yesterday,from within Canada but on the tracking site was a note saying they were not accepting special items.eg that needed quick delievery or cold storage, this had been on all last week too and they said they had a huge back log within Canada,I suspect Canada post is much worse so I imagine the parcel is stranded somewhere here or there, it left here actually Saturday before last.. I gave it a head start before telling you !!  I guess there must be a huge pile of mail backed up..at least in our favour it stands less chance of being stopped by customs. So I guess patience is the order of the day. XX Jeannine

[goodlife]

oh dear...patience..totally foreign word for me ::)

[cambourne7]

pop me on the next swap you do Jeannine  hope your keeping well :)

[goodlife]

???anything??????

[Jeannine]

No..I think Jayb would post as soon as it arrived, I am trying real hard not to worry as it always seems to take longer going this way,, never ever lost anything yet from here so with all the backlog there was both at this end and yours I guess we could have expected it.  :)

XX Jeannine

[Jeannine]

Bump!

I am starting to get just a tad concerned now, has anyone heard anything about backlogs for mail XX Jeannine

[goodlife]

Nope..nothing..it is all elections here now..

[cambourne7]

If it helps i have a friend who was waiting for a dress to be delivered from the US and its been delayed the message given by the site was that there is a massive delay in post due to the lack of flights during the volcano problem and that priority is being given to food and medical supplies and everything else has to wait. Perhapse your package is just caught up in that lot?

[Jeannine]

Breathing a big sigh !! Thank you XX Jeannine