Missed this thread somehow but just saw the notice in the paper. Thank you to the family for including his MF name, so I realised who it was. So sorry for everyone's loss.
My Hermes stuff usually gets delivered by a man with a big car, once it was by Manx Independent Carriers, I think that was a heavy item. I think it is fairly random. The man does Yodel too if I remember right.
To my untrained eye the Peel Road works seem to be progressing well. Ballanard Road however seems a mess. And leaving the traffic lights on for that junction is highly irritating.