Photos: Nancy Blackett’s Spring Delivery Trip
This year, Nancy Blackett’s spring delivery trip (in March) from Woodbridge to Woolverstone started in snow and ended in sunshine, as our Flickr photo album here shows.
This year, Nancy Blackett’s spring delivery trip (in March) from Woodbridge to Woolverstone started in snow and ended in sunshine, as our Flickr photo album here shows.
Nancy Blackett departs from Robertson’s, Woodbridge for Woolverstone for the start of her new season on 20th March 2018. She is now at her regular summer base at Woolverstone Marina. Photo: Peter Willis.
Winter work on Nancy Blackett is progressing well at Robertson’s yard in Woodbridge. Here is our Flickr photo album here taken earlier this week, including special guest Ragged Robin III.
Here are another video and photo of the “Secret Water” area from Andrew Polson, this time of the channel to Witch’s Quay looking more like a lake with this week’s high tides…
A selection of Sunday’s sunsets and snow from the Lake District as seen on Twitter… “The hills had been there before Captain Flint. They would be there for ever. That, somehow was comforting.āĀ –Ā Arthur Ransome,Ā Swallows and Amazons Sunday Scenes from Swallows and Amazons Country – 3rd December 2017
It’s nowhere near any scenes from “Winter Holiday”, but here are some photographs from earlier today of a wintery Lake District… Calm after the storm at Ashness Landing Stage, Derwent Water #LakeDistrict #Cumbria @lakedistrictnpa @LakeDistrictPR @snappguides @CumbriaWeather @PictureCumbria https://t.co/jSU60TgSe7 pic.twitter.com/wr0ipHfy57 — Phil Buckle (@PhilBucklePhoto) November 24, 2017 Snow on the hills overlooking Ullswater #LakeDistrict pic.twitter.com/zNWcKZTctL […]
A tranquil River Orwell flows under brilliant blue skies at Pin Mill on Monday, photographed by Woodfarm Barges.
Enjoy this evening’s sunset from Windermere, as photographed by Lakeland Walks and Talks… This is Not the Caribbean this is Windermere Live ??#LakeDistrict #NotJustLakes pic.twitter.com/cGHSBOy1S1 — LakelandWalks&Talks (@LakesWalksTalks) November 7, 2017
Nancy Blackett had a busy Autumn between her Dutch Adventure over the summer and the 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea” in October, writes John Smith… At the end of September, Nancy Blackett had a truncated weekend cruise, with a Saturday sail in a gentle breeze from Woolverstone down […]
The Nancy Blackett Trustās 80th Anniversary Marathon Reading of “We Didnāt Mean to Go to Sea” took place last Saturday (21st October) at Pin Mill Sailing Club near Ipswich. It also commemorated the 50th anniversary of its author Arthur Ransomeās death, and included a number of celebrities who each read a chapter of the book, […]
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 he wrote the book and lived in the area. The event was organised by Peter Willis, President of the Nancy […]
Following this summer’sĀ 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. Here’s the story of her repairs and final sail back to Woolverstone during the first week of August… Dispatches from […]
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