Auf Wiedersehen Berlin & the World Rowing Tour

July 16, 2025
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The last World Rowing Tour took place in Berlin in May 2025. Over 50 years there have been 61 tours around the world. Worth celebrating!

Impacts of Tariffs on Rowing

March 16, 2025
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In a trade war, nobody wins. The recent tariffs unleased by the American government will impact rowing. American rowers can do something.

Snapshots of Morocco

December 19, 2024
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Vignettes from a four week trip in Morocco. Not a lot of rowing, but a whole lot of discoveries.

AI for Travel Planning. Or not.

November 8, 2024
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AI for trip planning is a useful tool. But it has limitations and poses many questions. There are other ways to plan travel too.

I Need to Spend More Time on Social Media

January 5, 2023
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Perhaps a contrarian’s view, but for my rowing travel business I need to spend more time on social media. Why and what is good social media anyway?

What’s In a Name: Classic Rowing?

December 5, 2022
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Classic rowing is appearing as a new term for the most common rowing discipline. Although not yet widely used, Ruth makes the case for its adoption.

Albi and Small Cities

March 1, 2022
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Let’s take a trip to Albi in the south of France, detouring on the way through sustainable and regenerative tourism and ending with suggestions on other small cities to explore.

Small significant steps towards diversity in rowing

January 27, 2022
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Diversity in rowing is growing, although challenges remain. Let’s take a peek at the work getting done with some behind the scenes support from rowing businesses.

Return to Travel: the ethical, the personal and the practical

September 23, 2021
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Ruth is back in Europe and shares perspectives on whether this is a good idea or not, plus some practicalities.

Pondering Podcasts

August 21, 2021
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To answer the question why are podcasts so popular we talk to rowing podcast producers and check in with a floating flamingo.