Trolley 34

Captured at around gmaps 51.351347, -0.264484 on the Chessington Road in West Ewell and returned to the Ewell Village small Sainsbury's, discovering on the way that the replacement front wheel, while apparently having the same relevant geometry as the original, was very prone to spontaneous swiveling, which made for rather a bumpy ride. The only difference that I thought might be relevant was that the tyre of the replacement wheel was a lot wider than that of the original. Front left in the illustration.

Most of the area outside the shop was paved with a cunningly bumpy sort of brick which made wheeling a trolley on them hard work - but which had not deterred the borrowing of this particular trolley.

The new wine bar which had been proposed for Ewell Village, just along from Sainsbury's, seems to have failed to take off, there having been no action at the proposed premises for some time now. A wine bar which would have suited me, as it might have had a more interesting range of wine than our pubs manage, but which may not have floated for long, given that the nearby Star failed as a pub, despite it seeming quite busy when we visited, and which has now been stalled for some months, half was through a major refurbishment.

On the other hand the Village has acquired a country shop selling all the sorts of expensive togs and trimmings which us suburban people like to think that country people like to wear. The place would do very well as a prop store for Midsomer Murders. And we wait with interest to find out who has just taken what used to be the Oxfam shop, the one which kept me supplied with 500 piece arty jigsaws during my jigsaw phase.

Nearer home, Epsom coaches were discovered to have collared the contract for the Marsden Hospital bus and to have started to colonise the empty City Link site next door. While Blenheim Road has acquired a middle sized caravan, firmly shut but with a gas bottle standing outside and connected. How long will it last?

On the way out, the second enthusiastic small boy in two days. The first had been very keen to demonstrate how fast he could pedal his new tricycle. The second was getting very excited, I thought about me, but actually about a small digger behind me. I thought that maybe small boys like diggers because they are a large and visible demonstration of action and reaction at work. They can see something happening which they can understand, understand just enough to be fascinated by it.

But the really good news is that I saw an aeroplane on the flight path down into Heathrow from Horton Lane today, the first time for what seems like weeks. Sadly, despite the one proving that the cloud cover was above the flight path, I was not able to make it two.

PS: once again, about a month since the last capture. Although I did turn one up on the way home from the last car booter, down the passage running between Chessington Road and Hook Road, not passing it at a time when it was convenient to detour to Sainsbury's. Not yet found an opportunity to go back to see if it is still there.