Finally, after months of talking about having an adventure, Lloyd (notDavies) and Tim (notCarruthers) head off to Germany, using ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ as their guide. It’s October 2 – 4, both in the book and in the real world. The route is Holtenau to Brunsbüttel. But how does the Germany of today matchContinue reading “The 20th Adventure Club Podcast: An Adventure on the Kiel Canal”
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To Brunsbüttel and beyond: our plan for today
We didn’t report live from the Canal yesterday. Did you miss us? The main reason for our absence was the lack of decent web access (or indeed any web access at all!) from the Canal. That’s a problem we think could solve on the Adventure proper next year, with better planning, better kit and aContinue reading “To Brunsbüttel and beyond: our plan for today”
Clara Dollmann: ‘It was dirty weather for a young fräulein to be out alone in’
When Davies finds out on October 4 that Clara Dollmann has been looking for him, he gets very hot under the collar: ‘When I last saw him he was still so engaged, but motionless, the lantern under his left arm. and his right hand grasping the forestay and the half-knotted lanyard; his eyes staring fixedlyContinue reading “Clara Dollmann: ‘It was dirty weather for a young fräulein to be out alone in’”
The 12th Adventure Club Podcast: On the Elbe with sporty women
It’s October 4 in the classic spy thriller ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ and our heroes Carruthers and Davies have finally got to the other end of the Kiel Canal at Brunsbüttel. Awaiting them is the mighty river Elbe, a first encounter (for Carruthers) with the ‘Sands’ – and also a personal enquiry from ClaraContinue reading “The 12th Adventure Club Podcast: On the Elbe with sporty women”
The Curiously Specific Book Club 