“The kitchen cabinets and wooden worktops were made by a friend in Cambridge, using tulipwood for the former and pippy oak for the latter, all from Forest Stewardship Council-approved sustainable sources.”

“There are pippy flute motifs, and a silly salute to Strauss's Don Quixote.”

“Pippy, a 2-year-old, was always toward the rear after a slow start and never got into the race, which was run on rain-softened ground at Chester in northwestern England.”