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how long is your walk

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Splappy_McSplap
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by Splappy_McSplap »

5 day week, 24 hour contract, spare

Used to float 2 rounds, one 1h30, the other 2h30

after new jobs:

round 1: about 3h40
round 2: about 3h20
round 3: about 4h
round 4: about 4h

Over my time just about every day.
2leftfeet
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Joined: 18 Sep 2007, 20:43

Re: how long is your walk

Post by 2leftfeet »

4hrs for a 10hr day,soon to be 4hrs for an 8 hr day :hmmmm
Pegman
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by Pegman »

Just think all this hype about mail being 10% down
There's around 40,000 less dealing with it !!!

No wonder the oldies reckon pouches are getting heavier !!
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krussel
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by krussel »

Is this from leaving and returning to the office ? Most days it takes me about 4:15 including travel to and back Plus about 30 mins lapse on top of that :mad
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RobertT
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by RobertT »

Rarely go over 3 hours,have completed in 2hours 20mins on light day & putting my foot down.
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stupidboy
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by stupidboy »

roughly about 4.25 hours
bertie
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Joined: 10 Aug 2007, 21:55

Re: how long is your walk

Post by bertie »

There's quite a difference in jobs still in our DO.

Worst one I've done was 4.15, best 2.30
Big Daz
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by Big Daz »

3 hours 20 mins today, always easy on a saturday. Never easy on a Wednesday Thursday Friday !!
OnAFlyer
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by OnAFlyer »

hooniebagoonie wrote:Georoute/Pegasus says my walk is 3 hours and 17 minutes and as far as im concerned thats good enough for me...i wont quibble over the 30 minutes difference to what it actually takes........cos i can actually do it without running around in 2 hours 45 LOL
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Same here, Pegasus put my walk at 3hrs 30ish but it's more like 2hrs 40 at a steady walk - 2hrs 10 if I really get a move on. All the walks in my office take a lot less time than Pegasus/Georoute put them at, i'm assuming we had a decent set of planners.

How big are the frames for these 6hr walks? :shock: That's 2 of our walks put together and you'd literally have to walk up and down the frame to put the mail in :crazy:
DGP1
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by DGP1 »

OnAFlyer wrote:
hooniebagoonie wrote:Georoute/Pegasus says my walk is 3 hours and 17 minutes and as far as im concerned thats good enough for me...i wont quibble over the 30 minutes difference to what it actually takes........cos i can actually do it without running around in 2 hours 45 LOL
happy days and i feel sorry for all those getting slaughtered
Same here, Pegasus put my walk at 3hrs 30ish but it's more like 2hrs 40 at a steady walk - 2hrs 10 if I really get a move on. All the walks in my office take a lot less time than Pegasus/Georoute put them at, i'm assuming we had a decent set of planners.

How big are the frames for these 6hr walks? :shock: That's 2 of our walks put together and you'd literally have to walk up and down the frame to put the mail in :crazy:
It's only about 700 houses and about 50 businesses but lots of double slots but because it's a rural it does take time driving around, which is not taken into account.
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PrestwickPostie
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Re: how long is your walk

Post by PrestwickPostie »

it ranges from 4 hrs to 5hrs depending on the volumes of mail ... on a average day it is about 4 hrs 20 minutes
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