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The delivery team
Hamish
Head of deliveries · the glens
“Bikes are unreliable in the glens.” He has declined to expand on this, and has never been asked again.
Ewan
The high ground
Starts at the highest house and works downhill. He does not cross water. Anything beyond a river passes to Bonnie.
Andy
The gated places
Does not open gates, on principle. If your gate is shut, your newsletter is folded into the hinge. Check the hinge.
Bonnie
The crossings
Takes everything Ewan cannot. Bonnie is a dog. Her delivery record is the best of the four.
The Week, Folded
Weekly
The week’s news, printed, folded once.
The Haar Report
Daily, visibility permitting
What can currently be seen, and from where. May itself be delayed by haar.
Roads & Roundabouts
Fortnightly
Progress on the A9, where identified.
Village Notes
Monthly
Doors painted, breads changed, cars unexplained.
The Puzzles Companion
Weekly
Hints for the daily puzzles. The hints do not help.
Zanzibar Campervan Hire
Somewhere to sleep that is not a passing place.
Overnight aires, waste points and a map of every one of them.
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