Red (nosed) Diesel

Like I say, you learn something every day.

It might be that bread can be worth £15 a loaf or that potatoes can be purple.

But today it's this: that the man who invented dieseal was called Rudolph Diesel. Don't know why, but I find that quite interesting...

I suppose this is what comes of knowing people who make a living writing about farm machinery. In the same way that if you know people who write about poultry, you end up with a Frizzle cock...