Video: Steaming down to Octopus Lagoon
Last week Greg Simpson borrowed the steam launch Bruin for a run down the River Crake from Coniston Water to Allan Tarn (Octopus Lagoon in Swallows and Amazons).
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Finding the Dogs’ Home from “The Picts and the Martyrs”
Earlier this summer author Marc Grimston went in search of the Dog’s Home, a small stone hut in woods that was a location in The Picts and the Martyrs, the eleventh and last completed book set…
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A Swallows and Amazons Swim to Wild Cat Island
Coniston-based adventurer Sean Conway swims to and explores Wild Cat Island (Peel Island, Coniston Water) in this video..
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From the Solent to Suffolk: sailing Nancy Blackett in photos
Photos of Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett’s passage home from the Solent to Suffolk last month are below.
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Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett heads for home waters
Following the Nancy Blackett Trust’s AGM and Summer Social, Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht Nancy Blackett and her crew departed from Swanwick Marina on Sunday evening in preparation for her journey home, writes John Smith. After an overnight stay at Haslar Marina, they headed eastwards, trying to avoid the worst of the week’s weather. They were…
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Around the Solent on Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett
Skipper Bob Page reports on an eventful week that saw Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, doing a lot of sailing around the Solent and receiving visitors at the Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta…
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Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett at the Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta
Members of the Nancy Blackett Trust enjoyed last week sailing around the Solent on Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, culminating in attending the Yarmouth Gaffers Regatta on the Isle of Wight…
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Sailing around the Solent with Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, and her crew spent an enjoyable week last week cruising in the Solent, and even travelling as far as Poole.
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Sailing Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett From Suffolk to the Solent
Arthur Ransome’s favourite yacht, Nancy Blackett, embarked on a sailing adventure last week from Woolverstone on the River Orwell in Suffolk to Port Hamble on the Solent. Skipper Robin Sadler tells the story of what happened on the way…