Slow painting

Tuesday 16 September 2008

Allotment tools: the trolley

In the background of this photo is one of the essential workhorses of any decent city allotment site: the former supermarket trolley.



No-one knows how they get there. Certainly no-one would admit to relocating them, whether brazenly in broad daylight or in a night-time raid. But they're pretty useful, albeit tinged with collective guilt. I've seen very few wheelbarrows around - most people's sheds aren't big enough.
The trolleys wander about between the main gate and a mid-way trolley park just beside our site. On Sunday I was glad that I could rest my aching arms and push my load for the last stretch from the gate to the plot.

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