Does anyone recognise this person? (Updated)

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A volunteer came across the man pictured, today, picking apples from a tree on a plot, using a picking tool. He had quite a large bag of other produce and some leeks too.

He seemed startled when the volunteer said hello, and left site shortly afterwards, on foot, by the Western Avenue gate. He had a gate key.

He appeared familiar, and could be a plot holder or an ex one. He’s perhaps in his seventies, of shorter-than-average height, medium build, and has a distinctive walk, which verges on a trot.

We’d be interested to hear from anyone who recognises him or the description, and from anyone who has also had produce taken from their plot at this time.

Update:

A plot holder has informed us that they authorised the ex-plot holder described to gather produce from their plot. Since the fruit being gathered elsewhere was from overhanging branches, and didn’t involve the picker going on to the plot, it appears that no serious wrong has arguably been done.

However, plot holders are reminded:

• All visitors should be supervised by them.
• The only people entitled to own gate keys are current tenants. On giving up a plot all keys should be handed back.
• All produce growing on a plot, even overhanging other land, is, we understand, the property of that plot holder, and therefore not available for anyone else to harvest.

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