After all, there’s no point in sporting a pair of wellies to protect your trotters from the muck if you’re going to end up face-first in a fresh mud pie because you can’t balance on one leg for long ...

Avoiding trekking mud into the house is an age-old challenge. In the 21st century, houses have a stylish and functional boot room with a spiky doormat for dirt removal. In centuries past, people wiped ...