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 …
The second edition of Sophie Neville’s “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)” is now available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. The newly revised edition has just been published…
For the 18th year running, the East Coast Old Gaffer Association held their Swallows and Amazons weekend in conjunction with Walton and Frinton Yacht Club. Sunny but blustery conditions on Saturday proved challenging for the fleet of 17 traditional …
A short update this evening on Nancy Blackett’s day from Skipper Bryan Davies: “A very pleasant sail round the Roompot today. Not that much wind but very pleasant nevertheless. In…
A new competition for poets is being launched at a Lake District farm with a strong literary heritage. The owners of Bank Ground Farm, on the eastern shore of Coniston, are asking poets…
Bank Ground Farm, on the eastern shore of the lake, was the model for “Holly Howe” in Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s story Swallows and Amazons . Ransome stayed there himself while visiting literary friends who formed a remarkable creative …
Nancy Blackett’s Dutch adventure continues! Just in from Skipper Bryan Davies: “Another perfect sailing day today! We left Wemeldinge, where they discounted our berthing (“because…