Trolley 464

Captured on my way down West Hill yesterday, just by the state tree of Kentucky. Also of Tennessee and Indiana, otherwise Liriodendron tulipifera, noticed in these pages from time to time. See references 2 and 3.

A nearly new Wanzl trolley from the M&S food hall, complete with a new-to-me wheel lock, obscured in the snap above. Grey rather than the black of the Sainsbury's wheel locks, but I couldn't say whether it was otherwise the same. In any event, the lock was not deployed.

Returned the trolley, topped up with brick dates at Grape Tree as supplies there were looking a bit low and then continued on my Ewell Village anti-clockwise. Amused that the girl in the more or less enclosed cash kiosk at Grape Tree was dressed for the outside and had an electric fire plugged in behind her. Apparently the draughts coming in from the mall outside were a bit much - this despite the mall being covered and heated - and a favourite haunt of Epsom pensioners who just want to sit in the warm and watch the world go by. But at least there was a plug.

One more rubber band from the Post Office, one rather battered one penny coin. While the small flock of redwings noticed at reference 4 had got a bit smaller and moved on to browse underneath a different tree.

Home to haggis and plum crumble, teetotal on this occasion.

Followed up later in the afternoon by another game of Scrabble, in which my victory was substantially helped along by getting a seven letter word with its 50 point bonus. It being helped along in its turn by my holding two blanks. It would have been a poor showing if I had not been able to make the seven.

On this occasion, unlike the last, I would have lost without the bonus, given that I incurred a substantial penalty when BH when out prematurely. On the other hand it was not a tainted victory. See reference 5, from no more than a week ago.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/01/trolley-463.html.

Reference 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/search?q=liriodendron. 

Reference 4: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/01/low-life.html.

Reference 5: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/01/tainted-victory.html.

Reference 6: https://www.westerncommodities.com/. Grape Tree's date supplier, out in the wild west. We keep meaning to visit, but have yet to make it. Along with the heritage textile mill in the same town.