To help you get ready for Christmas, we’re giving you the chance to win one pack of each of these three exclusive Nancy Blackett Trust Charity Christmas Cards (pictured). To enter, you need to have either a Facebook account or a Twitter account and: Retweet this Tweet and Follow the “Nancy Blackett” Twitter account or Share this […]
Nancy Blackett’s new mast has come a huge step closer to reality thanks to the support of Trinity House, the 500-year-old Lighthouse Authority (and so much more). The Trinity House Maritime Charity has awarded the Nancy Blackett Trust a grant of £3,000. The cheque was presented at Trinity House’s East Coast building in Harwich on 14th November […]
Skipper John Smith recounts the final sail of Nancy Blackett’s 2016 season. We had planned on a local area cruise before entering the River Deben, but, with several days of strong easterlies, we were left banking on a possible short break in the weather on the morning of the planned laying-up day, Saturday 15th October. […]
It is autumn 1919. Moscow is surrounded by counter-revolutionaries. Arthur Ransome is known to be a Bolshevik sympathiser. He’s fallen in love with Trotsky’s secretary. They both know they’ll be lynched or shot if Moscow falls. Somehow they must escape. On Ransome’s desk is a stone from Peel Island on Coniston Water. Is it a […]
On Tuesday (4th October) Nancy Blackett had a visit from twenty-three children from Brandeston Hall School. They are in year 4 and have been studying the abridged version of “We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea” as their set adventure story. Ransome enthusiasts may be shocked to hear that they had to read the first […]
Following a successful book launch last week, the highly anticipated “Swallows, Amazons and Coots: A Reading of Arthur Ransome” is published today, and available from the Nancy Blackett Shop at the special introductory price of £17.00 (saving 15%). In the first critical book devoted wholly to the Swallows and Amazons series, author Julian Lovelock takes a fresh […]
Nancy Blackett and three other vessels were recently involved in returning a 21ft yacht to a mooring after it was found drifting in mid-channel on the River Orwell near Levington. Nancy Blackett was returning from a passage to Brightlingsea and the crew was relaxing a little after a stormy night of wind and waves. Motoring […]
“Swallows, Amazons and Coots” by Julian Lovelock, with a forward by Sophie Neville, is to be launched on 23rd September at the Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham. Delving deep into Arthur Ransome’s creative process and politics, it is a companion for anyone who loves Arthur Ransome’s series of “Swallows and Amazons” books. The new book is published by the […]
Make the most of our remaining summer days with these Swallows and Amazons events. If you are in the Lake District this weekend you can explore Brockhole’s Swallows and Amazons Adventure Trail or go on a Swallows and Amazons Cruise and Guided Walk on Sunday with the Steam Yacht Gondola, while over at Kielder Water […]
While the new Swallows and Amazons film enters its second week in British and Irish cinemas, this August Bank Holiday weekend is the last chance for anyone in the Lake District to see Brockhole’s free Swallows and Amazons Exhibition, while their Swallows and Amazons Adventure Trail has now been extended through the Autumn until November. The first weekend of […]
We are pleased to announce the return of the Scorch Wood Collection to the Nancy Blackett Shop. This exclusive range of Swallows-and-Amazons-themed wooden bookmarks and magnets is hand-crafted in Suffolk and finished with non-toxic paints, stains and varnishes. There is both a bookmark and a magnet representing each of the twelve “Swallows and Amazons” books, while […]
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