The Queen’s Envoy is one of three laugh-aloud books by the self-styled Lord David Prosser, a gentleman of means living in a large country house in a posh part of England. The others, Barsetshire Diaries, are possibly even funnier, and
Quick clay
I first heard of quick clay when I was searching for something for this post! I know of quicksand, of course, but quick clay seems to be something the same but different. Wikipedia says: Quick clay is only found in the