The Lake District has huge nostalgia value for my husband and I. Well, Coniston, more specifically. Just this week awarded World Heritage status, the Lakes were the very first place we went on a long weekend away…
Nancy Blackett, the 28 foot cutter Arthur Ransome bought with Spainish gold, as he called his royalties from ‘Swallows and Amazons’ is an old lady now. Built by Hillyards of Littlehampton in 1931, she turns 85 this year and yet…
You can grab a chance to see Helen Edmundson’s theatrical adapation of “Swallows and Amazons” in Norwich from mid-August. The Norwich Players are putting on a production of…
A historic yacht reputed to be favourite of “Swallows and Amazons” author Arthur Ransome has been rescued by a Lowestoft crew after her engine failed off the Suffolk coast…
Nancy Blackett is now in Lowestoft, having left Vlissingen early yesterday morning to avoid the worst of the forecast winds. Unfortunately the engine kept stopping and then stayed stopped, so she was…
You can now read the Nancy Blackett feature article from Country Life magazine (July 12th, 2017) by: clicking on the images below – each one opens in a new tab or window, then click again on…
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It’s depicted in one of Arthur Ransome’s later Swallows And Amazons books — and this year is the 50th anniversary of the writer’s death. We meet Gary, a retired engineer, at Shotley Pier, which is rotting slowly into the river. Ambitious locals want …
Rod Webb reports on Nancy Blackett’s progress during her final week in Zeeland… We went to Yerseke yesterday and are now in Goes. We’re having a good time but we’re keeping…
Shayla and Jonathon Batty created the contest asking for poems about their home, Bank Ground Farm at Coniston, or Swallows and Amazons , the classic Arthur Ransome children’s story which has strong connections to their farm. The winner was 73-year-old …