Swallow, the restored dinghy from the original “Swallows and Amazons” movie, made a special appearance at the Kendal Torchlight Procession on Friday (14th September), writes Rob Boden…

Each year Kendal has a Torchlight Procession through the town centre. I only noticed a week before that the theme this year was books and authors, so I made a last minute entry and started to get Swallow ready to be paraded in front of 30,000 people! I used LED strips to bring some life to what was effectively a tableau, and think she looked good.

I got a lot of appreciative comments and was amazed at the high level of recognition of Swallow and of “Swallows and Amazons”. An interesting and enjoyable new venture for Sail Ransome!

Here are some photos of Swallow in the Torchlight Procession: