In which we discuss our plans to re-enact the classic spy novel 'The Riddle of the Sands'. This week - a very special Danish edition, covering the 27th & 28th September.

We need to sail to the Als Sound as part of the great Adventure, but club members will need to brush up on their Prussian & Danish history if they’re going to join us…

More details & membership signup here: http://riddleofthesands.net

We discuss: how German champagne funded WW1 - sort of (1:58); the various reasons why Davies & Carruthers are footling about in the Flensburg fjord (4:45); tracking down Childers’s real-life Dulcibella (6:02); where to moor on the 28th (9:57); a musical interlude by Piefke (13:21); what happened to the German battle memorials (14:21); an opportunity for us all to re-enact the battle of Als (18:19); Lloyd on Danish princesses (20:22).

Club business: details of forthcoming Film Club (24:02); Ed Freyfogle on a contemporary Dutch-German border dispute (26:06); Ramsey on Childers’s comical times at Trinity College, Cambridge (27:13); Tim about a curious link between himself and Childers (29:11); Aunt Liz on centreboards & Dutch ovens (29:55); Jeff on what really defines an Edwardian gentleman (31:47).

Breaking news: Pledge your support now and spread the word about our new Unbound book + online adventure project.

Rewards start at just £10-£25 offering you access to the live online adventure from September 2015 and a beautifully designed ‘Handbook Edition’ of ‘The Riddle of the Sands’.

http://unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands

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.

"Der Alsenströmer" by Gottfried Piefke - https://youtu.be/RBCazLxXGsw

“Queen of Denmark” by John Grant - https://youtu.be/b_oNylzsY7I