As Nancy Blackett’s still in the shed we thought you’d like to see one of her friends, Peter Duck, being launched at the Woodbridge Boatyard last Thursday (3rd April). Photos by Peter Willis.

Sailing Secretary Norman Savigar took this photo of Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill on Thursday 16th March. Sporting a fresh red coat of anti-foul paint, she is being prepared to go back on the water at Pin Mill in the next week or so after spending the winter ashore. 

In mid-January John Heath visited the Walton Backwaters, the location of “Secret Water” in Arthur Ransome’s book of the same name, and has shared the following photos that he took of the Wade, the Witches’ House and Quay, and Speedy Creek: If you are interested in finding out more about “Secret Water”, both the Arthur […]

Sophie Neville, who played ‘Titty’ in the original Swallows and Amazons film, and former President of the Arthur Ransome Society, writes about her visit to the Windermere Jetty Museum earlier this year… In the summer of 1973, I was transported to the shores of Windermere, ‘The Great Lake in the North’ to appear as ‘Titty […]