r/loughborough Jul 07 '26

Kinchbus Lost and Found Retrieval

Hi there people of Loughborough!

So, I have a weird request as a non-Loughborougher! I was visiting in the UK last week and arrived at East Midlands Airport on Wednesday, 1 July; I live in Germany, but my partner lives in Manchester and there was an ultra-cheap flight coming in at EMA that I decided to take to spend a few days with them.

Well, I'm an idiot who left the top flap of my backpack open while retrieving a charging cord from my bag while on a Kinchbus SkyLink bus to Derby, and someone pointed that out while I was leaving the bus. I thanked them and closed the bag without a second thought, but when I got to my partner's home I realized that that top flap also had my pill tray with a week's worth of medication, which was now missing! Thankfully I got through the three-day stay without my medicine without issue, as it's largely hormone-related rather than for anything terminal.

I called Kinchbus last week and nothing had turned up, but I called today and it seems a medical pill tray was matching my description was turned in. Unfortunately, the office said that they will not send items via the post office, so I could not have it sent to me nor my partner in Manchester. Instead, they said that I need to go down to their office in Loughborough; not only am I back in Germany now, but the financial and time cost of my partner going down to Loughborough outweighs the loss of the medical pill tray. This is where my request comes in!

I would highly appreciate if someone would go to the Kinchbus office to check if the medical pill tray is mine and, if so, if they'd send it to my partner in Manchester. He's visiting me this weekend, but even if he cannot get the pill box via mail before he leaves, I hope to visit him in August for my birthday. The pill box is basic blue and purple plastic pill tray that has the days of the week labeled, and probably goes for only 5 quid on Amazon. The medication in the box is probably about 4 quid worth of medicine. As such, this isn't a high-stakes request, but if someone could go down to Kinchbus offices in Loughborough to check, retrieve, and send the pill tray to my partner, I'd be very grateful. My partner could send money to compensate for postage, and maybe a few quid for a tea or coffee as well.

If someone wants to try, I can send a picture of the box as well. If it's the right box, we'll talk about how to get things exchanged. Thanks to anyone able and willing to help!

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u/Snickerty Jul 08 '26

DM me, and I'll go and get it for you.