Wangerooge, Spiekeroog, Langeoog… one by one, we’re crossing the East Frisian islands off our list – or rather adding them to our charts. And now, on October 20, we drop anchor just off Baltrum. Baltrum is a lot smaller than the other islands we’ve encountered, but has many of the same characteristics of its largerContinue reading “‘an anchorage behind Baltrum’”
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The 19th Adventure Club Podcast: The Ems, Emden, Sail-Plans & Foghorns
There’s barely a couple of pages covering October 20 in ‘The Riddle of the Sands’, but somehow we’ve managed to create an information-packed podcast out of it. We include a bit of Roman history, obscure house numbering systems, spinnakers, gibs & what-not, a symphony composed for foghorns, a plate of wurst, more pipe-smoking *and* aContinue reading “The 19th Adventure Club Podcast: The Ems, Emden, Sail-Plans & Foghorns”
The Curiously Specific Book Club 