In the latest update from Nancy Blackett, Barry Goldbourne writes… On a sunny Wednesday we got underway early from lovely Zierikzee in an easterly force 4 wind. We motored backwards under the…
Nancy Blackett’s penultimate week in Holland got off to a leisurely start, writes skipper Barry Goldbourne… Our new crew took over a great-looking Nancy Blackett at midday on Saturday,…
From the Westmorland Gazette ARTHUR Ransome is best known as the author of Swallows and Amazons. The much-loved children’s series of books captured an idyllic childhood that was set mainly in the Furness fells and enchanting waters around Coniston – the author’s life-long spiritual home. However, in his autobiography, Ransome admits that he felt that…
Shayla and Jonathan Batty, owners of Bank Ground Farm, in Coniston, created the challenge asking people for poems about their home, or Swallows and Amazons , the classic children’s story with strong connections to their farm. The winner was 73-year-old …
She said: “One day when I was seven my Mum got out Swallows and Amazons . I point blank refused to listen to mum read the book. I thought it would be boring! But mum made me listen, and before long I was pleading to Mum to carry on. I thought it was …
Swallows & Amazons Four children (The Swallows ) go on a sailing adventure to an island where they encounter a rival group of kids (The Amazons ). Rivalry quickly turns to comradery when pirates threaten all they hold dear. Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald …
For the last time this week, Nancy Blackett’s current crew waved a tearful goodbye to Veere’s excellent croissant shop, writes Nick Ardagh-Walter… The croissant shop is set amongst…
In these days of special effects- driven blockbusters and graphic R-rated video games, Swallows and Amazons cannot really compete – and it does not want to. While it does deliver an action sequence in the finale, featuring boats and a seaplane, kids …
Celebrate Swallows and Amazons this summer with this pair of highly collectable decorative mugs. Made in England from fine bone china, these beaker-style mugs have…