Jon Tucker’s breezy Ransome-inspired Those Kids books are all about showing that modern youngsters can still find adventure camping and sailing when their parents give them a little trust and freedom – and now they’re available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. Set in various locations around the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, they follow […]
Sophie Neville’s hand-painted maps of locations featured in her book on The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) are now available on a variety of collectors’ mugs from her Redbubble shop. There are three designs of maps, one each for Windermere, Coniston Water and Derwent Water, and three designs of mugs, including ceramic classic and tall […]
Although Nancy Blackett has now returned to her summer base at Woolverstone Marina, we are still restricted by Social Distancing regulations about the use that we can make of her. Her return from her winter base at Woodbridge on 10th July was only made possible by the skipper and mate being of the same family […]
Nancy Blackett successfully returned to Woolverstone Marina yesterday, courtesy of skipper Robin Sadler and his daughter. Following some intense preparations behind the scenes from other Trust volunteers, they set sail from Woodbridge yesterday at 1445 in fair conditions, arriving at Woolverstone at 1945. Robin has kindly supplied the following photos of the trip…
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. The scene when John, Susan, Titty and Roger ran up to the Peak of Darien was eventually shot on location at Runnymede. Director Claude Whatham, wearing blue shorts, and Producer Richard Pilbrow can be seen setting up the shot […]
John Smith has kindly posted the photo below of Nancy Blackett in the Woodbridge Tidemill Yacht Harbour on 3rd July 2020, while awaiting suitable conditions for a late start to the sailing season.
The latest exhibition at Windermere Jetty features many items relating to author Arthur Ransome, his life and his most famous book Swallows and Amazons, celebrating the 90th anniversary of its publication. While the museum remains temporarily closed, it has produced a short Curator’s Tour video of the exhibition which you can watch below…
Nancy Blackett has at last been relaunched, and is currently moored at Robertson’s boatyard where she will be allowed time to ‘take up’ as planks adjust after months of drying out – lately in very hot weather – ashore, which has resulted in some small leaks in the hull. Peter Willis and Neil Brooks have […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Sophie Neville, on a day off from filming “Swallows and Amazons”, watches the Well-Dressing Procession through Ambleside where the cast and crew were staying in the summer of 1973. Shot on 16mm film (Bolex). You can read the whole story […]
Work has finally started on the restoration of Shotley Pier, with the removal of unsightly concrete slabs at the shoreward end, and their replacement with reclaimed timber. The work began on 17th June, having been delayed from March by the national coronavirus emergency. The project is being carried out by Amicus Civil Engineering. A central […]
This weekend (June 19-21) was to have seen a triple event for the Nancy Blackett Trust: the first Brian Hammett Memorial Talk, our AGM and an open day aboard Nancy Blackett as part of the Suffolk Day celebrations. The first two have been postponed, hopefully to take place in September, and we hope to join […]
You can now catch up with the recent online marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s The Picts and the Martyrs, the fourth marathon reading from the Swallows and Amazons series to have taken place in the past four years. The event was organised by writer and lecturer Chris Routledge, who was also behind the live readings […]
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