A couple of things I had to look up while reading this: * I thought "aquaplaning" was just an archaic term for "waterskiing", but it's more like a precursor of the latter: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaplaning_(sport)#/media/File:1914-Outing-Mag-Cover.jpg * And I thought Market Snodsbury had to be a made-up name, but it turns out that Wodehouse just made the minimal change to fictionalise it: there is an Upton Snodsbury in Worcestershire, located between Worcester, Goom's Hill, Wyre Piddle, and Himbleton. Really, why bother making up place names when you have that kind of source material available?