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. We reported the news of her first week’s sailing as follows: Nancy Blackett has arrived safely in Holland Dispatches from Middelburg Nancy Blackett is now in Veere Dispatches […]
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 her story… Nancy Blackett, the 28-foot cutter that Arthur Ransome bought with Spanish gold, as he called his royalties from […]
The Selina King exhibition at Anthony Cullen’s Pin Mill Studio was featured in the June edition of “Essential Suffolk”. The feature article, “Arthur Ransome: an East Coast Celebration”, was written by Anne Gould and tells the story of how the exhibition was created. It also explores Arthur Ransome’s connections to Pin Mill, including Nancy Blackett, Selina […]
Here are some additional photos from the “Swallows and Amazons” Marathon Reading that took place on the shore of Coniston Water on 3rd September, kindly provided by Sophie Neville, President of the Arthur Ransome Society, who also starred as “Titty Walker” in the 1974″Swallows and Amazons” film, and who read the final chapter of the […]
Here’s another chance to listen to the BBC Radio Cumbria interview about the Swallows and Amazons Marathon Reading that was held by the Coniston Boating Centre on 3rd September 2017. Presenter Sally Moon interviewed Dr. Chris Routledge (who organised the event) on 28th August. (Duration: 09:54) Header photo: Eileen Jones
Even though Maritime Woodbridge had to be called off for this weekend, the Boat Jumble is going ahead on Sunday morning at the Community Hall in Woodbridge, from 9am-11am. The Nancy Blackett Stall will be there, with books, gifts, cards, etc, plus items of surplus boat equipment. Members and friends are welcome to come along […]
Follow the story of the marathon reading of “Swallows and Amazons” from Coniston as it happened, via the tweets of some of the organisers and participants: Getting ready…. pic.twitter.com/qYA2sEYy4F — Arthur Ransome (@ifnotduffers) September 3, 2017 The flag it raised… pic.twitter.com/KuKmIus2uS — Arthur Ransome (@ifnotduffers) September 3, 2017 Looking forward to taking part in the […]
A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story “Swallows and Amazons” will be happening in Coniston this Sunday (3rd September), to mark the end of a summer-long series of celebrations commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The free event will take place on the shore of Coniston just north of the Coniston Boating Centre and […]
With Griff Rhys Jones, Libby Purves, Sophie Neville and more… including you? Arthur Ransome’s “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” is absolutely key to both our own purpose in the Nancy Blackett Trust and his period in Suffolk during which it was written – so what better way to conclude the summer of Ransome […]
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 Woolverstone 1130. A little wind, hardly enough to fill sails. Flat calm. Occasional light shower.” And an hour later… “More […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s Sailing Secretary, John Smith, updates us on the last leg Nancy’s homeward voyage… “I checked Nancy Blackett out yesterday after our engineer left and approved that was it now OK to her sail again. “Since then, with a fresh crew comprising Skipper Neil, Mate Simon and the Trust’s Chairman Roger Sturge, […]
The Nancy Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis and Chairman Roger Sturge spent a fairly ‘interesting but ultimately frustrating’ Saturday afternoon at the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club in Lowestoft investigating the cause of Nancy Blackett’s recent engine failure. Following further inspections during the week repairs have since been made and tests successfully run. With favourable […]
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