Nancy Blackett is currently holed up in her home berth at Woolverstone Marina with a suspected gearbox problem, writes John Smith, but it did not stop new member Kata Molnár and family visiting her on Sunday…
Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society, explores some of the “Swallows and Amazons” locations as revealed in a letter by Arthur Ransome himself…
Sophie Neville explores the stories of some of the boats that appeared in the original “Swallows and Amazons” film… I went on BBC Radio Cumbria recently, to ask if I could meet…
Today, September 25th, 2018, marks the 80th anniversary of the launch of Arthur Ransome’s Selina King at Harry King’s yard in Pin Mill. The largest and finest of…
Arthur Ransome’s last yacht was a six-ton aft-cockpit Hillyard sloop which he had built to replace the centre-cockpit Lottie Blossom – which he and his wife Evgenia hadn’t got on with. They…
Swallow, the restored dinghy from the original “Swallows and Amazons” movie, made a special appearance in the annual Kendal Torchlight Procession on Friday (14th September). The theme this year was…
Swallow, the famous dinghy from the original “Swallows and Amazons” movie, made a special appearance at the Kendal Torchlight Procession yesterday (14th September).
A spotlight will focus on the Russian Revolution at this year’s Chobham Festival, writes Francis Batt in The Villager. A century on from the start of…
Skipper Clive Fisher tells of Nancy Blackett’s expedition to ‘Secret Water’ this week, and how the crew of three intrepid explorers narrowly escaped being marooned on the mud of the…