The Nancy Blackett Trust’s nine-hour marathon reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took place on Saturday (21st October) at Pin Mill Sailing Club near Ipswich, before a large and appreciative audience. It …
The 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” took place yesterday (21st October) on a sunny and blustery day at Pin Mill Sailing Club, where Arthur Ransome was a member when …
There’s just one day to go to our Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, starting at 9am tomorrow (Saturday 21st October). In honour of the book’s 80th anniversary (first published in …
With just a couple of days to go to our 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, here’s the official programme for the day. Starting at 9am on Saturday 21st, …
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. …
The Nancy Blackett Trust has commissioned this Limited Edition Bookmark to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the publication of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” in November 1937 – and the Marathon Reading next …
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 …
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. The stories of the 6th week are told …
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. Here are the stories of the 4th and …
There’s just a week to go to our Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, starting 9am next Saturday, 21st October. We have our book, a First Edition, in honour of the …
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. This was the week that Sophie Neville joined …
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. Here are the stories of what happened during …
