Charting the Harle, as Carruthers & Davies claim to be doing on October 16, was probably a rather pointless exercise back in 1898. As already noted by Lloyd (not Davies) in a previous post, the sands in these parts are constantly shifting, and the channels would be changing pretty regularly as a result. Nowhere isContinue reading “‘the scene from the offing was desolate to the last degree’”
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“Such was Wangeroog”
And so we come, at last, to the East Frisian Islands. In the book it’s October 15th, Carruthers and Davies have spent the best part of 10 days sailing back-and-forth across the sands at the mouths of the Elbe, Wester and Jade rivers. Carruthers has mastered the art of crewing. Now, the adventure really begins.Continue reading ““Such was Wangeroog””
The 15th Adventure Club Podcast: Wangerooge, pink gin & stinks
At last our heroes Carruthers & Davies arrive at the East Frisian islands. It’s October 15, and, in a curious reversal of roles, Davies is quaffing pink gin in a bar, whilst Carruthers is dealing with intruders on the boat. In this podcast you can learn why Wangerooge is rarely in the same place inContinue reading “The 15th Adventure Club Podcast: Wangerooge, pink gin & stinks”
‘For miles in every direction lay a desert of sand’
I’ve been fretting about how we get from Brünsbuttel on October 5 to Wangerooge on October 15. Carruthers and Davies have their little boat ‘Dulcibella’. We do not. We’re planning to turn up on the banks of the Elbe on bicycles. Even if we did get hold of a Dulcibella-like boat (skippered by someone whoContinue reading “‘For miles in every direction lay a desert of sand’”
The Curiously Specific Book Club 