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Nancy's old instruments and compass porthole

Events update

We are gradually updating our events lists for the next few months

Live webcam comes to "Holly Howe"

You can now see live images from Bank Ground Farm, courtesy of their newly-installed webcam.

Under Radcot Arch

Christina navigates under one of the 12 bridges along her route

Gipsy near Newbridge

 

A Close Encounter

Sailing dinghies are a rare sight on this part of the Thames

Gipsy passes a footbridge

 

Christina completes her challenge

Christina Hardyment has successfully completed her solo sail on the Upper Thames

Christina's Thames voyage - the full story

Read more about the rare appearance of a sail on the Upper Thames

Swallows and Amazons listed amongst the classics

Swallows and Amazons was listed amongst the classics at the Downing Street launch of the UK National Year of Reading.

TARS Members Gather in Falmouth

Nearly 150 TARS members enjoyed a wet but highly enjoyable Bank Holiday Weekend at the Society's 18th International Annual General Meeting.

TARS in the Poldark Mine

TARS Members descending into the Poldark Mine at the 2008 IAGM Weekend

Nancy Blackett Alongside the National Maritime Museum Cornwall

Nancy Blackett at the NMM pontoon during the TARS IAGM 2008

Nancy Blackett is Heading Home

After a successful voyage to Falmouth for the TARS AGM Weekend, Arthur Ransome's Nancy Blackett is beginning her return passage to the East Coast this weekend

Nancy Blackett alongside at Falmouth

 

Dave Sewart - Obituary

Dave Sewart, an early stalwart of TARS and more recently one of Arthur Ransome's Literary Executors, passed away on May 8th

Finding a Reason to Take a Walk

As two mothers explain in today's London Times, a little imagination helps in getting "kids off the sofa"

"Swallows and Amazons" at "Windermere on Water"

TARS Northern Region have organised a display for this year's Windermere on Water festival

"Swallows and Amazons" Exhibition Enters its Final Month

The current "Swallows and Amazons" Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Cornwall finishes on 11th July.

700 Visit Exhibit in Windermere

A busy "Windermere on Water" Festival closed on Sunday, 15th June

TARS Northern Region Display

As exhibited at "Windermere on Water" 2008

"We Didn't Mean to go to Sea" Opens in Ipswich

Nick Woods's adaptation of the Arthur Ransome classic premiered as part of the Ipswich Festival on 3rd July.

TARSUS Co-ordinator Takes Well-earned Retirement

Dave Thewlis, the long-standing co-ordinator of TARS activities in the United States, handed on his baton at the start of this month.

A Recipe for Bunloaf

Today's Daily Mail takes a look at a favourite part of the Swallows and Amazons' diet.

Appointment of Literary Executors

Christina Hardyment is delighted to announce the appointment of two new Literary Executors of the Arthur Ransome Estate

Ransome Finds a Place at the Waterstone's Writer's Table

Philip Pullman has selected "We Didn't Mean to go to Sea" for this major promotion by the UK bookstore.

BBC To Broadcast a New Selection of Russian Tales

Following a first successful series of "Old Peter's Russian Tales", broadcast during Christmas week in 2006, BBC Radio 4 intend to broadcast five different stories over Christmas 2008.

Coch-y-bonddhu Finds a New Home

Ransome's dinghy is once more on public display in Windermere

An Awfully Big Adventure on 19th November

The BBC is repeating its documentary "An Awfully Big Adventure" about Arthur Ransome this coming Wednesday evening, 19th November.

Review of Swallows and Amazons

Today's Financial Times carries a review of Swallows and Amazons in its "Book Covers" series