Seasonal

Winter timetable check

A pre-November pass over planned minutes for rounds that lose light, gain school traffic, or pick up parcel volume before Christmas.

Who it is for

UK depots whose autumn sheets still carry July minutes, especially mixed grocery and parcel rounds in market towns.

A marked-up timetable showing which rounds need earlier gates, a dropped drop, or a second van on Thursdays and Saturdays.

One depot, the planned winter sheets, and last winter’s actuals if you kept them.

Who does the work: A reviewer who has walked winter yards in Scotland and northern England as well as the south.
How long: Two to three weeks in September and October. Later bookings slip to a January lessons note instead.
Where: Desk first; a yard day only if last winter’s sheets are incomplete.
What to prepare: Last winter’s completed rounds and the draft winter sheet.
Limits: Not offered in June. Light and volume are not the same problem in midsummer.
Fees: From £2,600 for one depot if booked before 15 September. Later work is quoted as a January review.
Next step: Write in August or early September with the depot town and whether last winter’s sheets still exist.