Following a letter

[Pootle]

I'd really like to take a letter down to the post box and then follow its trail to its final destination as I'm facinated by the process. Is there anyway of doing this other than calling Jimmy Saville?

[Mr k]

How about putting your self in a box and ask a friend to post you. You will then feel the experience as well lol
(that was a joke by the way as i read some american did it years ago)

[J.JJ]

My late father was an inspector in the Post Office in Liverpool involved in the mechanised sorting of mail and often showed groups around the head post office sorting office.
If you are a member of a club or other organisation then you could try applying to your local sorting office.
Obviously the larger the town or city will have a much more mechanised installation with sorting machines etc. demonstrating how the use of post codes and phosphor banded postage stamps have transformed the sorting of mail since the early 1960's. smaller local sorting offices will tend to be more manually based.
They will only allow groups of people from a recognised club etc. you as an individual would not get a look in.
Good luck, I hope you succeed.

[olly8080]

it goes to the nearest sorting office and gets sorted into post code (not st address etc ) from there it goes to that postcodes sorting office and gets sorted again into local postcode and then gets sorted again into street and number and delivered the whole process takes 34 years lol