I have always wondered whether the name dates from the days when commercial travellers were assumed to have a smattering of Latin and that the name - roughly 'your B&B' - was a sort of weak joke. Or precursor of all those companies which claim to be selling your something or other - claims which I find irritating as the something in question is quite clearly theirs, not mine.
Trolley returned to a stack which was running low, but not a problem as I noticed a couple of trolley jockeys approaching with long strings.
After depositing my trolley, around the back, over the footbridge and down to Blenheim Road to see how the flower noticed at reference 1 was getting on, prompted by a correspondent who thought that it was a pyramid orchid, a diagnosis that BH agreed with, a diagnosis strongly supported by the images at reference 2.
I was not very sure where exactly it was, beyond being on the western side of Blenheim Road. Got to the southern end to find the Tchibo building, the verges to which looked very promising - except that they had been very neatly mown in the last day or so - so probably their own groundsman or gardener rather than the council. The good news is that this orchid is a perennial so it might come up again. I shall keep an eye out for it.
PS: on the way, walking by the the north eastern face of Sainsbury's, the rain had brought down a curious smell of brewery. Curious because there is, at least in so far as I am aware, no brewery anywhere near Epsom.
Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/06/mystery-flower.html.
Reference 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacamptis_pyramidalis. '... In the UK, Anacamptis pyramidalis is one of the most successful orchid species on roadside verges, and colonises other disturbed habitats like airfields, quarries and reservoirs...'.
Reference 3: https://www.tchibo-coffee.co.uk/.
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