bog

The New Forest is home to ancient woodland, fens, heaths and bogs, making it a diverse habitat.

Now, people from around the world compete in the 120 yard snorkel in a muddy bog, which takes place in Powys each year.

And obviously, Folds knows that a show that stars a beagle and a small yellow bird that defies classification is not the right place to get bogged down in the issues of the day.

But the effort was ultimately bogged down by internal bureaucracy and international pressure — most notably from Qatar and Turkey, both sometime U.S. partners that harbor strong Brotherhood sympathies and bankroll Islamist causes.

“There were a lot more dead ends and red herrings that would bog down readers,” Hogan observes.