The entry in Carruthers's log book for October 16 makes mention of: a survey of the Muschel Balge between Wangerooge and Spiekeroog; a spot of hunting for jack snipe; encounters with both the galliot Kormoran and the torpedo gunboat Blitz - the latter armed with four 'Maxims'. Lots for us to get our teeth into there.

First, though, Tim (notCarruthers) notes a very specific reference in the book to tide tables. Why does Childers bother with this? And are the tide times across the book actually accurate? (01:49 ); we discuss the island of Spiekeroog, a place of holidaymakers, groynes and wellness centres (05:13 ); Lloyd (notDavies) refers to his copy of Brasseys to see if he can find a real-life version of the Blitz (10:40 ); similarly Tim (notCarruthers) shares a few thoughts about the Kormoran, and German galliots in general (14:31 ).

We learn about jack snipes and how to catch one (18:16 ); a short interlude about 1980s rabbit hunters of the region (21:45 ); we discover that the inventor of the Maxim machine gun had a very colourful life - and is buried just down the road from us in Norwood Cemetery (25:29 ).

Club Business: Adrian proposes we all share photos of our personal 'NotDulcibellas' (40:48 ); Jeff goes book spotting (42:09 ); a reminder that you can support us financially at unbound.co.uk (42:59 ); Tony on harbour stinks and tidal flushing (43:41 ); Kevin on 'something else' about Davies (44:26 ); A Ron joins the Club (46:00 ); Patrick mixes the perfect pink gin (46:22 ).

MUSIC CREDITS

Great Open Sea by Wellington Sea Shanty Society (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/none_given_1098/12_-_Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society_-_Great_Open_Sea) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

BBC Radio 4 Tweet of the Day: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bks90

"Leben auf Spiekeroog" - 1988 - https://youtu.be/YOrrGMqZAHg