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The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club Podcast 18: Bensersiel, Wrecks & Kümmel

The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club Podcast 18: Bensersiel, Wrecks & Kümmel

Update: 2015-09-21
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There’s a lot of information to take in as Carruthers, Davies and von Brüning size each other up over coffee and Kümmel in a cafe in Bensersiel on October 19.

Since most of their talk centres around wrecks and wrecking, that’s exactly what our talk turns to in this week’s podcast.

First up we reveal our plans to travel down the Kiel Canal on October 2 - October 4 this year. It’s your chance to receive a free sample chapter and audiobook from us, plus live reports from the canal. This is available to subscribers only. All you have to do to become a subscriber is pledge your support at https://unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands (01:44 )

Tim (notCarruthers) kicks off a chat about the East Frisians’ alleged ‘weakness for plunder’ (5:34 ); what is ‘flotsam and jetsam’? (06:26 ); some excellent information gleaned from
Bella Bathurst’s book ‘The Wreckers’ (07:54 ); the relationship between lifeboaters and wreckers (11:34 ); the link between Kentish hovellers and the East Frisian chieftains called *hovetlinge* (13:15 ); Prussian attempts to regulate the East Frisian wreckers: von Brüning as the Strandvögte (16:01 ).

Lloyd (notDavies) investigates von Brüning’s cover story about the wreck of French frigate, the ‘Corinne’. Instead he finds a WW1 submarine (18:12 ); the true story of Lloyds of London, the wreck of the ‘Lutine’ and its bell( 19:57 ); another true story about the wreck of the ‘Johanne’ (23:43 )

We sample Kümmel (24:56 ); golfers call it ‘putting mixture’ (26:48 ); a James Bond connection (28:48 ); why Carruthers & Davies should be drinking tea, not coffee (31:35 ).

Club member Kevin assists us with some information about Bensersiel (34:29 ); Tim (not Carruthers) tortures Ship’s Dog with a poem about Langeoog (35:29 ); we try to understand the local street game called Boßeln (37:15 ); the Cabbage Tour and the proclamation of the Cabbage King (40:33 ).

Club Business (43:05 ): Brian advises on what kind of bicycle to take on the adventure; Frankie despairs about wreckers (43:57 ) Graham’s story of driving across - and nearly into - the sea in East Frisia (44:19 ); Jeff alerts us to OpenHouse in London and a chance to visit the Foreign Office (47:45 ); Liz on German sauna etiquette (48:19 ).

Missions for next week (50:05 ): sail & canvas configurations on the ‘Dulcibella’, foghorns, Baltrum and the river Ems.

MUSIC CREDIT

Great Open Sea by Wellington Sea Shanty Society : http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/none_given_1098/12_-_Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society_-_Great_Open_Sea
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The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club Podcast 18: Bensersiel, Wrecks & Kümmel

The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club Podcast 18: Bensersiel, Wrecks & Kümmel

Lloyd Shepherd & Tim Wright