Although Nancy Blackett has now returned to her summer base at Woolverstone Marina, we are still restricted by Social Distancing regulations about the use that we can make of her. Her return from her winter base at Woodbridge on 10th July was only made possible by the skipper and mate being of the same family […]

Nancy Blackett successfully returned to Woolverstone Marina yesterday, courtesy of skipper Robin Sadler and his daughter. Following some intense preparations behind the scenes from other Trust volunteers, they set sail from Woodbridge yesterday at 1445 in fair conditions, arriving at Woolverstone at 1945.  Robin has kindly supplied the following photos of the trip…

Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”.  The scene when John, Susan, Titty and Roger ran up to the Peak of Darien was eventually shot on location at Runnymede. Director Claude Whatham, wearing blue shorts, and Producer Richard Pilbrow can be seen setting up the shot […]