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Nancy Blackett starts her final week in Holland
The new crew, Dave Hart, Adam Pentelow and I had all reached Nancy Blackett in Middelburg, and joined Paul Wray on…
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The Magic of Sailing Nancy Blackett
At the end of her penultimate week in Zeeland, skipper John Dixon reveals how Nancy Blackett once again worked her magic… On Thursday we awoke to torrential rain. With a force 7 gale forecast…
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Marathon reading of Swallows and Amazons to take place at Coniston
It’s been a remarkable summer so far for an old-fashioned story about some children who were allowed to go off on their own and camp on an island…without their parents! Arthur Ransome’s classic Swallows and Amazons has featured prominently in the …
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Nancy Blackett’s dispatch from Yerseke
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…
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Nancy Blackett’s penultimate Dutch week so far…
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,…
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From Coniston to the Kremlin is absorbing chapter in the life of a fascinating fellow
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…
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Swallows and Amazons fan from New Zealand wins Lake District poetry competition
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 …
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Lakes poetry contest draws winners from around the world
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 …
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On Demand DVD New Releases: July 10-16
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 …