A bumper trip to the PO Box. (That's PO Box 46715, London SW17 0YQ, to you.)

Usually it's a fruitless 10 minute walk past Sainsburys, past the Big Issue chap, round the corner of M&S, past the bus stand, and down to a small office where sullen and overworked Royal Mail employees tell you that they have nothing to give you, although if you ask them again they usually go back and sheepishly come back with one or two items.

Today, there was loads. I was behind a glamorous Polish girl who was trying to ascertain where a package was that had been sent to her from Kiev on August 4th. “Wherezat?” asked the bloke behind the desk. “Is in-a Ukrain-a,” she replied. “Hoho, well the Mafia have probably got it, then!” he joked. “Pardon me?” “The Mafia! The Mafia will have it.” She rolled her eyes, and never have the words “Haha, very funny” been delivered in such a vicious and withering put-down. My turn next. I had about 1 dozen pieces of post, verging on a baker's dozen.

Including:

• A review of the Free French's Bury St Edmunds gig in the East Anglian Daily Times. Riding Again On The New Wave is the headline. It goes on. “The Free French… relate stories of urban life… in the same vein as Chas & Dave.” I'm not kidding.

• a cutting from my friend Justine of some small ads from the Oxford Star: “Arthur Lowe enthusiast, plant stand, Georgian inlaid mahogany, pretty inlay decoration all over, 3 foot tall, used to belong to Arthur, reasonable condition, £50.” And below: “Arthur Lowe enthusiast, antique wooden village, exact age unknown, definitely very old. German origin, consists house, church, fences, animals, horse drawn vehicles, used to belong to Arthur, £100.” Bargains.

• A contract for November's Free French show with Scarlet's Well – details to follow.

• 2 CDs, one of them by “Stars In Battle Dress”, and a book on London rock venues as research material for a piece that I still haven't managed to pitch successfully.

• But, most importantly, the news that Sunday 19th September sees the return of THE SPITALFIELDS SHOW, from 12 midday at Spitalfields City Farm, Weaver St, E1.

Last year's show was recounted in this memorable entry, and a quick glance at this will no doubt spur you on to enter something. Listen: “The adult exhibitor gaining the highest number of points will receive the Champion Of The Show Cup”.

I want the Champion Of The Show Cup.

A quick selection of entry categories, as the website appears to be down:

103: Dish of Soft Fruit
107: Onions, 3
120: A Collection Of Vegetables, 5 or 6 kinds
122: Oddest Shaped Vegetable
132: Dried Flower Arrangement, to be presented in imaginative container
142: Best Weed
146: Jar Of Any Other Kind Of Jam
160: 6 Onion Bhajis
179: A Hat Made Of Paper And Decorated
194: A Collage: max 1 foot square
201: Best Dressed Animal And Handler

I only hope that I'm not on bloody holiday then, as I fear I may be.