How far should one walk to post a letter?

One of our readers, on our letter page, asked:   "How far should one walk to post a letter?"

This is officially what the Post Office said:-

"In residential areas we aim to have a Post box within 500 metres as the crow flies of each property this is more than achieved in Waunceirch."

The matter of a post collection box at the Waunceirch Tesco store is still an on-going matter as far as the Neath Ferret is concerned - especially as one existing post collection box is virtually in a hidden position and is in close proximity to another post collection box only a street or so away.