 Clive Peacock is a postman in a small seaside town in Dorset. He s happy in his job and doesn t want it to change. But new technology is being introduced in his sorting office. Since he can t drive, and since deliveries by bicycle are deemed to be "old fashioned", he is offered early retirement. But he doesn t want to retire. On his last day, he collects the post from the pillar box... and decides to deliver it by hand himself as a protest. And so he starts out on a long journey by bike all around Britain, delivering each letter personally. He is hotly pursued by the police (who want to arrest him for "stealing Her Majesty s mail") and by the media (who see a great human interest story and turn him into a celebrity). But he manages to stay one step ahead of them, making many friends along the way.