"Most of the time it was pretty fine," he says.
With diviners, it seems, the distinction between rapt attention and aimless wandering can be pretty fine.
But then a France v Wales showdown with a grand slam at stake would be pretty fine too.
You really want them to make it, even though you know they never will and that turns out to be pretty fine too.
As such, it's difficult to see The Shepherd's Crown as anything other than Sir Terry's farewell letter to his legion of fans - though of course, this being a Pratchett, it's pretty fine novel in its own right.
Speaking at the time of Moores' reappointment, former England captain Michael Vaughan said: "He was the kind of guy who would come in and try to re-galvanise a side that was pretty fine at the time, but his methods with the seniors, Pietersen, myself, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Strauss - players that had been around for a long time - didn't quite work".
"He was the kind of guy who would come in and try to re-galvanise a side that was pretty fine at the time, but his methods with the seniors, Pietersen, myself, [Paul] Collingwood, [Andrew] Strauss - players that had been around for a long time - didn't quite work," Vaughan told BBC Radio 5 live.
