Letters: Rural residents in France face long waits for letters from La Poste

To the Editor,

A recent article mentioned that La Poste has been advised to stop six-days-a-week deliveries.

I do not believe we have had six-days-a-week deliveries for quite a while in my rural corner of Deux-Sèvres – I cannot recall the last time I received post on a Monday or Saturday.

Limited opening hours for La Poste post offices are another issue, as well as extremely slow deliveries. 

An important letter sent to me from a hospital in Paris took 10 days to reach me, and a birthday card for my granddaughter (who lives about 200km from me) did not arrive until 10 days after her birthday, despite the fact that I had sent it 14 days before her birthday, as I wanted to be sure it would arrive in good time.

Steve Lydon, Deux-Sèvres

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