Trolley 929

Another afternoon circuit, after the bread was finished. Batch No.753.

Trolley No.929 was captured in Station Approach, at the top of the Kokoro Passage. A medium small trolley from M&S.

Nothing at the sign of the cannabis on this occasion.

But there were some blackberries in the Screwfix Passage, contrary to expectations, albeit on the side which is now housing and was a secondary school.

Despite the strange weather and the lack of serious picking activity, picking for the freezer that is, my impression, since we came back from the Island, is that it is a much better crop this year than last. There must be something about it which suits blackberries.

The Screwfix whitebeam. More blackberries to the left.

Home to put away the bread mentioned above.

For some reason, perhaps the weather, perhaps the new yeast, the first rise was rather faster than usual. This did not alert me to the possibility of the same thing happening with the second rise, which was, in consequence rather longer than it should have been. Bread well risen, starting to bubble and it was quite likely that it would volcano and sink in a hot oven.

So I thought, not much to lose, so why not try putting it a cold oven, which would take about ten minutes to come to heat. And this worked OK. There were a few bubbles and the bread did sink a bit, but it did not volcano. It was also a rather paler brown than it has been of late, although the bottom tapped hollow enough.

And then this morning, when I started it, it not having been needed the evening before, it was very good. Maybe try this putting the risen dough in a cold oven again?

PS 1: on the way out, I had also checked up on the location of some fine blackberries snapped a couple of days previously. They were indeed from the side of the entrance to Epsom Autos. And the fronds were not bracken, as I had briefly thought from this snap. Bracken against sky is not impossible, but it would have been well off-piste.

PS 2: for once in a while, the trolley record is now up-to-date.

PS 3: a nice bit of marketing from the roof of the nearly new UBS building in Broadgate Circus. Quite near the Flying Horse of Sun Street, previously noticed. Although not yet visited, despite being a listed building from 1812. I dare say that is why it is still there, an old island in a mostly redeveloped area.

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