Trolleys 818 and 819

Trolley 818 was captured in among the bushes to the side of the Kokoro passage and returned to the M&S food hall.

While trolley 819, from B&M was captured in the passage proper. However, it was missing a front wheel - the first time I remember such a thing happening - and the child seat appeared to have been bent out of shape. So while it was easy enough to push along empty, it was not really fit for service, and it seemed best to return it to the back door, noticed at reference 2.

On the way, helping an old lady across the lights outside the entrance to the station. She had a stick and could get along, but for some reason had lost the confidence to cross the road by herself. I remember something of the sort had happened to me after I had left hospital a week or so after major surgery. It took a few weeks to put the brain back together again. Which I imagine would be much more difficult if one lived alone.

Missing wheel visible (as it were) bottom right.

On the way back into town, I discovered these steps leading down from the car deck to Station Way, the proper name of the passage leading from the Rio Grill on the High Street up to Station Approach. Odd that I had passed them many a time, but without actually computing what they did. At least now I know.

And so proceeded on my way around my circuit, on this occasion taking in both Middle Lane and the Screwfix tunnel.

On the way, I came across the plant snapped above in East Street. Google Images thought marrow, which I thought very improbable, certainly not much like any marrow that I have ever grown. When I qualified the search with 'epsom uk not(marrow)', its AI assistant stuck to its guns with: 'The image shows a plant identified as Cucurbita pepo, which encompasses various types such as zucchini, pumpkins, and some gourds. Given the location context of Epsom, UK, and the exclusion of "marrow" in the query, it is likely that this plant is either a zucchini or a pumpkin plant, though it's difficult to definitively identify the specific type without seeing the fruit. These plants are commonly grown in the UK, and their large leaves and sprawling growth habit are characteristic features'. Still not at all convinced, as I think that all these plants sprawl on the ground rather than grow upright in the way of this one, but I suppose I shall have to wait for flowers - if it survives that long. Odd that the AI assistant talks of sprawling growth in connection with this image. Or maybe simple error.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2025/04/trolley-816-and-817.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2025/04/trolley-810.html.

Reference 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo.

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