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1980's era sign for U of MN Fleet Services.
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There was a sobering reminder today at Fleet services M3 southbound of the continuing resistance to the use of electric vehicles. Although this is by no means wholesale, I do not think we are yet at the stage where many people want to find themselves half way along a motorway on a potentially long journey in an electric vehicle. There are many other factors upon which we could discourse.
There are four Ecotricity, general use, bays at Fleet. None was in use. Just along from those are these twelve Tesla bays which were all officially not in use in spite of being installed some time ago. I might be a bit of a dinosaur but I cannot imagine there being twelve Teslas at Fleet in the near future. Furthermore, and I am sure I shall be corrected if wrong, I find it most unhelpful when manufacturers go down diverse routes. For a technology to be widely accepted and used there needs to be some commonality. We already suffer from the proliferation of types of charger for mobile phones. This should not be repeated with vehicles if the take up is to increase in pace.
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Chopstix Noodle Bar, Fleet Services (southbound) M3.
The food court was getting back on its feet as coronavirus restrictions began to ease but Chopstix had not yet reopened.
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Rather to my surprise, I found this Broad-leaved or Common Hellebrine growing in deep shade in a small patch of woodland at Fleet Services on the M3!
The broad leaves of Broad-leaved Helleborine are at the base of the plant, with shorter leaves alternating spirally up the stem.
The flower stems of this orchid can be up to 90cm tall and bear up to 100 flowers. The petals vary in colour between green and purple and the stamens (holding the pollen) are modified to sit on top of a yellow sticky patch. This sticky patch helps the plant to reproduce as when insects land on the flower in search of nectar the pollen sticks to the insect. At the next flower the pollen is rubbed off pollinating the flower which should later produce seeds. This is a particularly important process for the broad leaved helleborine as it cannot self-pollinate (to produce seeds) and relies entirely on insects. The flowers can be seen from midsummer to early autumn.
The Broad-leaved hellborine is an ancient woodland indicator. It is most common in southern England and becomes less frequent in Scotland and Ireland.