This July marks the forty-fifth anniversary of filming the original film “Swallows and Amazons” on Derwentwater when Ronald Fraser was obliged to walk the plank in a sola topi in July 1973. To celebrate the event, Sophie Neville, who played Titty, will be introducing a screening of the 1974 film at the Alhambra Cinema in […]
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett will be open to visitors during the Harwich Sea Festival and Lifeboat Day on 29th July. Joining her for a day of nautical attractions and live entertainment are the sailing barges Victor and Centaur and the Essex smack Pioneer. Nancy Blackett was bought by Arthur Ransome in 1935 and used as […]
Capturing the essence of sailing on the Norfolk Broads, watch this video of Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett taken by mate Andy Morley, sailing on the River Waveney from the jammed-shut Somerleyton Swing Bridge to Oulton Dyke.…
Nancy Blackett’s first week on the Norfolk Broads for the first time in twenty years draws to a close with more words and photos from mate Andy Morley… Friday 13th July 2018
Mate Andy Morley shows what Nancy Blackett and her crew got up to yesterday on Breydon Water and at Reedham, where she is sailing on the Norfolk Broads for the first time in twenty years, and meeting friends old and new… Thursday 12th July 2018
Here’s your chance to catch up with yesterday evening’s interview on BBC Radio Norfolk, where mate Andy Morley spoke to presenter Matthew Gudgin live from Great Yarmouth about Nancy Blackett’s return to the Norfolk Broads… Listen using the player below or download it here (duration 4:31, size 5MB, broadcast 11th July 2018). Header photo: Andy […]
Marooned by a gusty northerly wind one day, and suffering a lumpy sea the next, Nancy Blackett and her crew finally made it to Great Yarmouth, as mate Andy Morley resumes his tale… Tuesday 10th July 2018 Wednesday 11th July 2018
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett is in the Norfolk Broads for the first time in 20 years. Here’s the story of the first three days in words and photos from mate Andy Morley: Saturday 7th July 2018 Sunday 8th July 2018 Monday 9th July 2018
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett entered the Norfolk Broads on Saturday (7th July) for the first time in over 20 years, as part of her East Coast summer cruise. She passed through Oulton railway swing bridge and the lifting road bridge, and then Mutford Lock at about 11am to enter Oulton Broad. Then, with Japanese Ransome […]
Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett was at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club on 30th June for the 21st Annual General Meeting of the Nancy Blackett Trust. View our Flickr photo album here of the day.
Last weekend Nancy Blackett and crew embarked on an expedition to ‘Secret Water’ to coincide with the Old Gaffers Association’s Swallows and Amazons Weekend in the Walton Backwaters. Following an initial leg down the Orwell to Shotley Marina on Friday, Saturday morning saw a lengthy sail against the wind to Titchmarsh Marina near Walton-on-the-Naze, where […]
Last weekend the Walton and Frinton Yacht Club hosted the Old Gaffers Association’s Swallows and Amazons weekend in the Walton Backwaters – Arthur Ransome’s ‘Secret Water’, writes Matt Plummer. It was the association’s nineteenth consecutive visit and twenty-four boats signed on for the main race on Saturday, which involved circumnavigating both Horsey Island and Honeypot Island. The […]
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