Three cheers for the Lake District, the latest UK region to be named a UNESCO World Heritage site. This 912-square-mile mountainous stretch of north-west England joins the Jurassic Coast, Hadrian’s Wall and Bath, which all have the same designation.
…Then there were the icons of 20th century children’s literature. Writers including Beatrix Potter and Arthur Ransome – of Swallows and Amazons fame – brought the region to life for new generations in famous works that are still loved by children (and …
There’s a chance to explore some of the history of one of the most treasured parts of the Lakes by joining experts on a guided fell walk around the Coniston Fells on Friday August 25, between 10am and 4pm.
Entries came in from across the globe for a poetry competition organised by the owners of an iconic Lake District farm with a literary heritage…
The creator of Swallows and Amazons , The Big Six and – in the case of the above excerpt – 1934’s Coot Club filled his children’s books with fun and adventures on the waters of the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. It is now 50 years since he died …
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…
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…