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Stock Up For Christmas Right Now With Nancy Blackett’s Stocking-Fillers!

by Nancy Blackett

Stock up on your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop and you will help Nancy Blackett keep sailing. Whether you want to give a “Swallows and Amazons” present to a special someone or introduce them to the stories for the first time, the Nancy Blackett Shop has something for you this Christmas! We have […]

Don’t miss out on the secrets of the Walton Backwaters – as revealed on DVD

by Nancy Blackett

The Walton Backwaters are still remote and rather mysterious, very much as they were when Arthur Ransome chose them for the setting of “Secret Water”, published 80 years ago this year, but their secrets are now revealed in a new documentary on DVD, available from the Nancy Blackett Shop. The documentary, “Walton’s Secret Water, a […]

Here’s Nancy Blackett’s Christmas Shopping Countdown

by Nancy Blackett

With Christmas upon us in just a few weeks’ time, here’s our updated handy guide to the last dates for ordering your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop. If you are in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the USA in particular, then you need to place your orders within the next few days. Choose from […]

Introducing the new Nancy Blackett Limited Edition Bone China Mugs, College Hoodie and Classic Raglan Sweatshirt

by Nancy Blackett

Wrap up for winter in the new Nancy Blackett College Hoodie and Classic Raglan Sweatshirt and raise a toast with the new Nancy Blackett Limited Edition Bone China Mugs – all available now from the Nancy Blackett Shop. The new Nancy Blackett Limited Edition Bone China Mugs each feature a specially commissioned side-on painting by […]

6 special Christmas gift offers from the Nancy Blackett Shop

by Nancy Blackett

Want to support Nancy Blackett this Christmas? Here are 6 special Christmas offers from the Nancy Blackett Shop to help you get started… 1. “Coot Club” and “The Big Six” together for £15 For lovers of the Norfolk Broads, this pair of classic Arthur Ransome adventure stories is available from the Nancy Blackett Shop for […]

Your Christmas ordering deadlines for the Nancy Blackett Shop

by Nancy Blackett

Grab a chance and don’t be sorry for a might-have-been! To help you plan ahead for Christmas, here’s our handy guide to our last dates for ordering your Christmas gifts from the Nancy Blackett Shop. Please note that our custom clothing and jewellery have significantly earlier dates to allow sufficient time for your orders to be […]

Video: Nancy Blackett approaching Woodbridge

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett’s end-of-season passage from Woolverstone to Woodbridge was captured on Sunday by Robin Sadler, who has kindly provided the following video of her approaching Woodbridge. To find out more about joining the Trust for the chance to sail on Nancy Blackett please see our Membership page.  

Photo story: Nancy Blackett’s last sail of the season

by Nancy Blackett

Nancy Blackett successfully made her way from Woolverstone to Woodbridge this weekend, in advance of her end-of-season liftout. Saturday lunchtime saw her moored to a buoy in Bathside Bay, Harwich, before slipping over the Deben Bar mid-afternoon before a well-earned crew dinner at the Maybush, Waldringfield. This afternoon saw her motoring upriver to Woodbridge Tide […]

Inside the Dog’s Home from “The Picts and the Martyrs”

by Nancy Blackett

Earlier this month the intrepid Jon Porter, following in the footsteps of author Marc Grimston, explored inside and around the Dog’s Home, the small stone hut in woods that was a location in The Picts and the Martyrs, the eleventh and last completed book set in the Lakes in the Swallows and Amazons series. Jon has kindly provided […]

Sophie Neville on: Ten reasons why imagination is so important – inspired by the author and travel writer Arthur Ransome

by Nancy Blackett

Sophie Neville explores the influences of Arthur Ransome’s imagination on her own travelling adventures… The Arthur Ransome Society recently invited me to speak at their bi-annual Literary Weekend held at the Royal Agricultural University. The college is situated outside Cirencester in Gloucestershire, a ten minute drive from the Golden Valley of the Cotswolds where I […]

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