Today’s dispatch from skipper Ian McGlynn reads: “We left Veere this morning at 10:30 with local writer Veronica Frenks on board to do an article on Nancy Blackett. There was no wind in…
Today was an easy day for Nancy Blackett and her new crew. Skipper Ian McGlynn writes: “We left Middelburg at the 10:15am bridge opening. At 12:15 pm we were moored in Veere and spent the…
Take the works of Arthur Ransome for inspiration, add over 200 children from eight local schools, a poet, a composer and the City of London Sinfonia and you have the “Shanties on the…
Today was a changeover day for Nancy Blackett and crew in Middelburg, in glorious summer sunshine. Sophie Neville joins our crew for this third week, and Vlissingen resident Veronica Frenks managed…
Last weekend (10th/11th June) saw the 18th annual “Swamazons” event held by the East Coast area of the Old Gaffers Association. The weekend started with a welcoming cooked breakfast at…
The new “Swallows and Amazons” movie hits Seattle tomorrow afternoon (June 17th) as part of the Seattle International Film Festival…
As Nancy Blackett reaches the end of the second week of her Dutch adventure, skipper Bryan Davies concludes: “(Yesterday we) had another fine sail… in a freshening wind. We sailed under…
The much-loved Lake District tale Swallows and Amazons is the subject of a new exhibition opening this month. Arthur Ransome’s classic novel is brought to life at Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts house near Windermere, with an exhibition featuring props …
Shanties on the Shore is part of a wider programme of events and activities developed by the Shotley Peninsula Tourism Action Group to celebrate the author in 2017, 80 years after the Swallows and Amazons novel ‘We didn’t mean to go to sea’, which was …