Stockman

A fortnight ago or so saw two outings, a short morning outing in the course of which I snapped the mushrooms above, somewhere on the Chase Estate. Presumably the tree adjacent is not in very good health.

A spot of early lunch. Sausage from Lidl (as previously reported at reference 1) and bread from Borough, still eating OK two or three days after purchase.

And then a visit to Epsom Hospital, by which time it was raining in a fairly serious way, so time to crack out the stockman's coat. Not sure what it is made of, but it is woven, water repellent, lined and reasonably windproof. Plus hood for those wheeling trolleys when umbrellas are not convenient. Just the thing for autumn showers. 

First stop, a fancy car in Meadway. Perhaps the builder come to check up on his workers on the right? Or the tree man came to check his on the left? Not that unusual, as we had one resident in our own road for a while and were treated, from time to time, to sight of the special panel lorry which came to collect it for its service. Car check agrees that it is an Aston Martin, more precisely a 2017 DB11 V12, silver with an 8 speed automatic gear box, capable of 200mph. The same number of gears as the BMW noticed at reference 2.

Back via Waitrose where I found some interesting plums.

Foreign and rather crunchy for a plum, a bit like a slightly underripe nectarine. Generally not the yellow inside shown on the label. Name of ruby crunch, to be found at reference 3. BH thought they were underripe, but I thought that they were rather good. I bought some more over the following days, during which time I discovered that it was not a good plan to eat too many at once.

A few days later, back on another errand to the hospital, thinking this time to snap what I take to be an overflow pit at the bottom of the housing estate right, built in the grounds of what used to be a small convent. Part of which was a girls' school and part of which became a Chef & Brewer, the latter only recently closed.

And then the back of the house established in 1717, just outside the hospital gates, which used to be called the White Horse, presently closed. Rather more parking space and rather more security than I had expected. Perhaps it will be swept away if they ever get around to redeveloping part of the hospital site, which might still be on the cards when they get around to the new hospital for acute cases at Sutton.

I had thought that Guild Living were interested, people with an address near London Bridge Station, but the only location I can find at reference 4 is Siena, across the water. Puzzled of Epsom. Clearly need to check reference 5 a bit more carefully.

And then today, back yet again. And it was raining hard again, so out with the stockman's coat. But despite all the rain over the past few days, still no sign of water in the overflow pond.

After which, for the first time for what seems like weeks, there are now no medical dates in the calendar until next year. But I can't see that lasting long.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/09/lidl.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/10/titbits.html.

Reference 3: https://gradilis.com/rubycrunch/.

Reference 4: https://www.guildliving.com/en/.

Reference 5: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/11/trolley-446.html.