While some people in Tayside have waited weeks for their mail, one person has had to wait more than half a century.
That’s the length of time it’s taken a postcard from Bangor Bay in County Down, Northern Ireland, to reach its destination in the Perthshire village of Methven.
Postmarked August 7, 1960, the mystery mail dropped through Margaret Kettles’ letterbox this week, leaving her more than a little surprised.
The item was not, however, intended for her eyes as it’s addressed to a Miss Grace Gibbons, whom she assumes is a former occupant of her home.
“I couldn’t have been more surprised when it was delivered,” Ms Kettles told The Courier.
“Where has it been all this time? Perhaps it walked across the water!”
The sepia-tinted scenic shot tells of a successful holiday, with the sender enjoying good weather and a pleasant change of pace.
“This is a nice quiet place, ideal for a good rest, and that is just what I need at the moment,” it reads.
Asked how the postcard had come to arrive in Methven more than 50 years after it was posted, a Royal Mail spokeswoman said, “It is difficult to speculate what may have happened, but almost certainly it was put back in a postbox very recently as we regularly check all our sorting offices and machines are cleared.”