No, no, no, no!
This is the reason why gentlemen should
always wear double-breasted suits.
Joachim's tie is "dripping".
That I should live to see this...
Thank you nevertheless, ladies.
Apart from that, this is a part of maintaining J&M's affiliation with Southern Jutland. The Danish part of the Wadden Sea, which stretch all the way down Germany and across the Dutch coast is located in Southern Jutland. Not far from Schackenborg.
The Wadden Sea is a popular tourist destination and a favorite spot for ornithologists, because so many birds arrive here, either to breed or to refuel before flying further north in the spring, and also stop here to stay for the winter or refuel before going south in the autumn.
- And on occasion the eels feed on a careless tourist as well, who is surprised by the tide.
At low tide you can walk out to sea for kilometers. The air is so fresh and the bright sky is endless, an almost intoxicating feeling. You watch the sun setting, in a red sky adorned with silhouettes of birds and the sound of their calls. It's enchantingly beautiful.
You look at the sea a kilometer or two away. There is plenty of time to stroll back to higher ground before the tide turns. Back to the car and the warm, cozy summer cottage.
Then all of a sudden the sea is closing in and you start to walk faster. Oh, the tide has turned. But the high ground is only a kilometer or so away, no worry.
You can't out-walk the sea though, because all of a sudden the sea has begun to pass you and now you start to run! But the sand is soft and when you look down the sea has now reached you and is creeping up your ankles.
Now you get scared! You reach for the phone, but they need time to get a helicopter up and locate you, while you tell them that you are now standing knee-high in the middle of the bloody ocean!
That's when you start to run. Really run! But you can't run fast in the water, especially with rubber boots full of water. You stumble, get soaked. And the water is cold, so numbingly cold!
By now some panic and begin to swim, but it's so cold - and if you are not located and rescued within minutes you soon tire and give up.
Some weeks later your body is washed ashore.
That happens practically every single year.