Rhine Sagas
Tales of daring-do and mild incompetence from Rhine Marathons past. Click on the title to see the full article.
To Benrath by bike
1st October 2016
"Wouldn't it be a good idea to cycle from Cygnet to Benrath for next year's marathon?" The precise genesis of this crazy idea is subject to some conjecture but most agree that it's fairly safe to look no further than former Captain 'Medium' Mike Collier and his good friend Alt Bier. The seed, we...
Emotional...rowing a marathon on the Rhine
7th October 2009
A translation of an article published in the Rheinische Post on 7th October 2009 "Never again" thought Ciara Mullan from BBLRC, as she climbed out of the rowing boat, completely spent. A short while later, her opinion had already changed to "maybe", and as the English girl stood by the landing...
Sink or Swim
5th October 2002
"And you thought The Tideway was bad" Neil Pickford (with a very small nod to Robert Service), October 2002 The Cygnet III crew, went out on the Rhine, In a shiny blue Benrath Boat. With a cox in the bow and a cox sat at 2, And novice at 3 and at stroke. Now your man Alan Cox, the cunning old...
2001: A Rhine Odyssey
6th October 2001
Mike's Rhine Marathon Experience in 2001 Day One (Friday)... ...found an elite advance party liaising at Dusseldorf HBF to check out the lie of the land. Alan (who insisted on wearing a rucksack and carrying a large unfolded street-map) lead the group towards the river studiously ignoring all...
