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Racundra
Racundra, built in 1921-22 in Riga, Latvia, was one of Arthur Ransome's first cruising yachts, and replaced Kittiwake. Racundra's cruise from Riga, across the Baltic, to Helsingfors and back with Ransome, the -
Rio
Rio is named for the destination Rio Grande mentioned in the sea song'Away to Rio' (SA3). The canonical pronunciation of Rio might be "rye-oh" rather than "ree-oh". Nancy says... we'll agree -
Wild Cat Island
Wild Cat Island is a small wooded island located in the south east of The Lake and somewhat separate from other islands. Its main features are: a tall pine, a clearing where tents can be -
Tom Dudgeon
Tom Dudgeon is the skipper of the Titmouse and leader of the Coot Club. He is the older son of Dr Dudgeon and Ella Dudgeon and older brother to "our baby". Tom is older than -
Swallow
Swallow is a Morecambe Bay sailing dinghy, a fourteen-foot dinghy with a brown sail (SA1). She was built for sailing on a shallow estuary, where the sands were uncovered at low tide and is -
Ramp Holme
Ramp Holme is on Windermere, just south of the Hawkshead Ferry, close to Bowness (Rio). The name derives from the local name for wild garlic which grows on the island. Interestingly it also bears the -
Mary Walker
Mary Walker, mother of the Swallows and usually addressed by them as Mother is also known as the best of all natives. She is also called by the more childish title Mummy in Secret Water -
Walker family
The Walker family are Commander Ted Walker of the Royal Navy, his Australian-born wife Mary Walker and their children, often called the Swallows: John, Susan, Titty, Roger and Bridget. Swallow's ship's papers -
Secret Archipelago
The Secret Archipelago is the setting for Arthur Ransome's book Secret Water. Hamford Water also known as the Walton Backwaters, is the next coastal inlet to the south of Harwich Harbour, and near Walton -
Windermere
Windermere is the name of both a large lake and a nearby town in the north-west of England. Lake Windermere is England's largest lake (10.5 miles long). Along with Coniston Water, it -
1929
1929 is the year in which Swallows and Amazons is set. Described in Swallows and Amazons: -
Ted Walker
Edward H R ('Ted') Walker usually called Daddy by the Swallows, is an officer of the Royal Navy. Although the Swallows usually address their mother as Mother, the more infantile title persists for their father -
Bicycle
Bicycles play a significant part in the plots of Pigeon Post and The Big Six, and are mentioned in other books. When the able seaman and the boy are exploring, they see a road through -
Breydon Water
Breydon Water is a large tidal estuary near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It is 5 km long and more than 1.5 km wide in places. The Breydon Pilot lives in a houseboat: the old hulk -
Sinbad's Creek
Sinbad's Creek is a small tidal creek in the Secret Archipelago which runs from the lane leading to the Wade eastward in to Amazon Creek. As the creek widens, it is deep enough to -
Pin Mill
Pin Mill is a small village on the River Orwell, below Ipswich and above Shotley in Eastern England. It is the setting of the opening chapters of both We Didn't Mean to Go to -
Old Peter's Russian Tales
Old Peter's Russian Tales is a collection of Russian folk-tales by Arthur Ransome, who had gone to Russia to learn the language (and escape from his first marriage) in 1913. He began writing -
Gender
Gender is an aspect of classic literature that can sometimes create clashes with modern tastes, including the quest for political correctness and concerns regarding sexism. This article attempts to list instances where gender is mentioned -
Flushing Pilot
The Flushing Pilot or Dutch pilot is a broad, blue-clothed, red-faced man who has hairy hands with mottlings of blue (WD20). The (never-named) pilot takes Goblin into Flushing in We Didn’t -
Harwich harbour
Harwich harbour is on the estuaries of the River Stour and River Orwell and was for a long time the only safe anchorage between the River Thames and the Humber. The harbour has twin towns -
Falmouth
Falmouth is a town and port on the mouth of the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England. It was a frequent holiday location of the Walker family. Although no books in the -
Charcoal burners
The charcoal burners that feature in the Swallows and Amazons series are father and son, Old Billy and Young Billy (the Billies). They work in the traditional Cumbrian industry, charcoal burning, where they burn wood -
John Walker
John Walker — eldest of the Walker family children and Captain of the Swallow Captain John is generally the more rational of the two captains, Captain Nancy being inclined to recklessness. John is the closest thing -
William
William is a pug dog belonging to Mrs Barrable. He is described as a hard worker and should become successful by a fortune-telling automatic weighing machine (CC13). William’s thoughts are sometimes given: He -
Swallows and Amazons for Ever!
Swallows and Amazons for Ever! is a book combining Coot Club and The Big Six. The TV series Swallows and Amazons Forever! prompted Arthur Ransome's publishers to issue a book with the same title
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