1. At first I got on famously finding the right pigeonholes, checking Ted's list and putting the letters in ..........

2. After about two hours of this my internal battery started to get low and I found myself losing ..........

3. It was at this stage that Ted came in quickly .......... me to finish and get on the road.

4. The post office in this country district didn't use vans because of the ..........

5. I had to .......... do with a bicycle that looked as though it had been hit several times.

6. Once out in the open air I experienced a violent .......... but soon the sun came out.

7. The shouts of joy coming from some houses as I put the mail through the letter .......... made up for the discomfort.

8. I was beginning to feel like a .......... Father Christmas.

9. I then came to number 56 that Ted had .......... me about. They had a ferocious dog.

10. The only way to .......... with this one, Ted recommended, was to rush at the door, shove the letters through the door and go away as quickly as possible.