Pamela is one of those organised people that keeps a careful record of all the Christmas cards she has sent and the ones that she has received. She can tell you each year which ones that we are missing but obviously not why.
Pamela complained that there were a few missing this year. Now, two of them have turned up with these blue stickers on the back. One of them had a UK first class stamp on it, this one had a second class stamp, both of them had the address completely wrong!
There was an issue when we first moved here which caused us a problem. The builders had given us the wrong street name for our address. When we collected our post from the post office that wasn’t an issue but now we have post boxes it is. There is no house at the address we were given but there is a post box. So each Christmas we have to keep a watchful eye on that box and fish out any cards that get put into it.
Of course, we sent notice to everyone on our Christmas card list of the mistake and asked them to correct their address books accordingly. Pamela has even put address cards each year inside the cards she sent out to those who failed to do that but still there are some who get it wrong.
Not only was there insufficient postage on this card, the address was unbelievably wrong. It started out with "Royal Mail Manchester Mail Centre" – why? The street became Irtana, the postcode was wrong and the province was written as Alacante. It was a wonder it ever got here! We know that Spanish addresses might seem odd to some of our English friends which is why we have printed cards and a stamp that goes on the back of envelopes. I’m not sure how much more we can do than that.
PS If you are reading this and are one of those people who has our incorrect address, send me an email and I'll give you the correct version. Oh dear, that isn't going to work is it because you probably don't realise your mistake. Right, here is a clue - the correct address is on one of the numerous cards we sent you.
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