We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Stephen Howard
saying something like:

By far and away the biggest problem associated with skips is that of
other people putting stuff in - as referenced by the episode of 'One
Foot in the Grave' in which Meldrew finds a 2CV in his skip.

carefully lays Adrian bait

Best place for them.

backs away cautiously