Classic review: The Riddle of the Sands -

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One day, when all boats are confined to port because of fog, a garrulous German barge captain casually refers to how he saved Davies from

the great chicken escape slot Davies reveals that he wishes to retrace his previous voyage around the sands of the Frisian Islands, where he had been deliberately run aground

the dog house slot free play Carruthers agrees, as his other plans for a holiday have fallen through He arrives to find that Davies has a small sailing boat, not the comfortable crewed