he began to nose around , sidestepping overflowing cardboard boxes , wellington boots , lawn mower parts , broom handles , take-away cartons , piles of washing , tool boxes , framed photographs of alsatians , untouched family packs of fruit juice , an unassembled vacuum cleaner , a garden scythe , bin bags full of crockery , curtain rails , an old bicycle frame and an ancient-looking rocking chair containing a ventriloquists dummyall this flotsam and jetsam , yet arnold had only managed to make about three-yards progress he spotted an airline ticket on the central table .