I haven't had any mince pies yet.

This is so innovative. It's like Star Trek, but with card, boldly going where no [hu]man has gone before. From the contours I, too, can see the potential tilt to the NNW. Perhaps slightly raise the elevation on that side to compensate so the base of the model is actually a plane on a slant?

Wasn't it around Glastonbury that King Alfred burnt those cakes while hiding in the marshes?