Holding a party with a Swallows and Amazons theme is a great idea, especially in summer time when you can be under canvas outside with the possibility of a campfire and either swimming or archery with geo-caching or a treasure …
The latest message that we received from skipper Richard Wainwright earlier today: “Nancy Blackett is now moored in the centre of Middelburg alongside Wildcat. We had a stormy passage down the…
Nancy Blackett safely completed her cross-Channel voyage earlier today (5th June), arriving at Vlissingen at 1PM BST after having sailed most of the way, in time for lunch with the Trust’s Chairman…
Two days of events beside and on the lovely River Orwell began with the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM and Summer Social on Saturday 3rd June, and continued on Sunday with a 40-boat flotilla marking…
This coming weekend, June 3rd and 4th, sees the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM and Summer Social on the Saturday, and the flotilla send -off for Nancy Blackett’s commemorative trip to Holland on the…
A special painting by popular Lakes artist Nick Leigh has been commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the writer Arthur Ransome.
Following last weekend’s hugely anticipated and popular Arthur Ransome Pin Mill Jamboree, here are some selected comments and photos of the event from the Nancy Blackett Trust’s social…
Around 1000 enthusiasts attended to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the publication of his classic children’s adventure, We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea, set at Pin Mill, near Ipswich. Performances were given by Suffolk’s mass choir, the Rabble Chorus, sea shanty band High Water Mark and a there was a performance of We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea by Holbrook Academy…
It has also provided literary inspiration; Arthur Ransome of Swallows and Amazons fame has links here and his boats, the Nancy Blackett and Peter Duck still sail the river. It is 80 years since the publication of We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea this year …