Holland 2017 – The Nancy Blackett Trust

Memories to add to the third edition of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974) – part three

3rd July 2021

Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in …

We Did Mean to Go to Zeeland – Nancy Blackett in the Netherlands, by Peter Willis

24th January 2018

To celebrate a multiple anniversary, Arthur Ransome’s Nancy Blackett retraced his (and his fictional Goblin’s) wake across the North Sea to Flushing – and stayed to explore the local waterways, as told in this special …

Photos and Recap – Nancy Blackett’s Return

7th October 202018th October 2017

Following this summer’s epic eight-week sailing adventure in Holland, Nancy Blackett had sailed back to England in challenging conditions, and berthed in Lowestoft with a suspected engine failure following a tow in by the Lowestoft lifeboat. …

Photos and Recap – Weeks 7 and 8 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

7th October 202016th October 2017

This summer Nancy Blackett went on an epic eight-week sailing adventure in Holland, following her commemorative departure in a 40-boat flotilla from the Royal Harwich Yacht Club. Her final two weeks in Holland started out …

Photos and Recap – Week 6 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

7th October 202016th October 2017

Photos and Recap – Weeks 4 and 5 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

31st October 202015th October 2017

Photos and Recap – Week 3 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

31st October 202013th October 2017

Photos and Recap – Week 2 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

31st October 202011th October 2017

Photos and Recap – Week 1 of Nancy Blackett’s Dutch Adventure

31st October 20209th October 2017

I Did Mean to Go to Sea: Sailing Nancy Blackett in Holland – Part 2

5th October 201724th September 2017

Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society and “Titty Walker” in the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, spent a week sailing Nancy Blackett in Dutch waters earlier this summer. Here’s the second half of …

I Did Mean to Go to Sea: Sailing Nancy Blackett in Holland – Part 1

24th September 2017

Nancy Blackett is finally home!

6th August 20175th August 2017

The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary, John Smith, reports… “Had a message from Nancy Blackett at sea this morning off the entrance to the river Deben: “Approaching Bawdsey at 0825. 6.2 knots over ground. ETA …