11 March 2026
How to read a day’s delay minutes without drowning in the sheet
Planners already know the round ran late. The useful question is which hour ate the minutes, and whether those minutes sat at the gate or at the fifth drop.
Field notes
Reading sheets between the planned and the actual
Short pieces from reviews we have already walked: how to cut a day into hours, why a fast round can still be late at the door, and what to leave unchanged before we arrive.
27 January 2026
Why the last mile bunches after four in a market town
School traffic, a closing high street, and a retailer who will not take a delivery after 16:30 land on the same hour. The sheet usually pretends they do not.
3 November 2025
What to leave on the desk before a yard day
A useful visit is an ordinary Tuesday. Polished rounds and extra loaders make a pretty morning and a useless chart.
17 September 2025
Postcode sectors that hide mileage on a tidy sheet
Two drops can share a sector and still sit twenty minutes apart once you leave the A-road. Planned mileage often follows the sector, not the lane.
8 June 2025
When a fast round is still late at the door
Average speed between drops can look healthy while every signature still sits after the printed window. Speed is not the same as punctuality.