Trolley 444

A little further on, despite the possibility of more rain, despite the fact that I was on the anti-clockwise walk, rather than the more convenient clockwise walk, I decided to return the M&S trolley, last noticed at reference 2 and still waiting for action this morning outside the creationists' accommodation block in East Street.

Rewarded by recovering a pound coin from the handle lock, and, a little later, by picking up a large, if rather discoloured, washer to add to my collection of same.

A detour which resulted in my lopping off the Ewell Village part of my walk, returning via Sainsbury's and the West Street footbridge over the railway. No No.36 in the Sainsbury's car park, but I also passed the FLR yard, the recovery operation for which custom registration plates are part of the livery and last noticed at reference 3. They could offer two No.30's, oddly sitting next to each other on the rank - surely illegal - a No.40 and a No.50, but no No.36, for which I have now been waiting several months. But at least FLR do not stop at No.30, so there is hope yet.

Nearer home, Treadwell of reference 2 had been busy laying blacktop, despite the rain, which one might have thought would mess up the bond between old and new. Maybe the paver (all known as Barber Greens in my day) includes a burner to drive the water off before laying the new.

PS 1: Barber Green still exist at the not very glossy reference 4. Odd for a company of this sort not to take a bit more trouble with its website these days.

PS 2: one of the Tarmac drivers told me that he had come from Hayes. Which, on investigation, appears not to be the Thames gravel pit I thought it might be. Rather an asphalt plant in Pump Lane, just north of the M4. But the land is flat and low with plenty of canals and rivers - and Ordnance Survey does show a gravel pit in the open country just south of the M4. So maybe I was half right. 

PS 3: abuse of language in that the tar macadam we put on our road only bears a distant relationship to the asphalt they dig out of Lake Asphalt in Trinidad? With the word properly applied to the mixtures of sand and tar (or perhaps bitumen) used for pavements and flat roofs? See reference 6. A hare for another day.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/11/trolley-443.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/11/trolley-442.html.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/03/no30.html.

Reference 4: https://www.bgp-group.co.uk/.

Reference 5: https://tarmac.com/locations/hayes-asphalt-plant/.

Reference 6: https://trinidadlakeasphalt.com/.