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Ransome related chats and quizzes, and all things Swallows and Amazons ⛵️
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Important crossword clue: see 17 across …
A crossword. 17 across: _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ O Crossword clue: 17 across - insectivorous mammal (9)
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Just catching up with Only Connect … some excellent Ransomish clues here 🏴‍☠️
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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A quiz! Can you name:

1. The furtive character A
2. The three characters at B
3. What B are searching for, and the name of their company
4. The book

Reply with guesses below, answers tomorrow! #SwallowsAndAmazons #ArthurRansome
A line drawing depicts a barren rocky landscape. A furtive figure wearing a hat appears in the left of the image, in the distance, and is marked A. Three characters marked B are in the foreground on the right. One wears a cap, the others have short hair. One of the three wears spectacles and carries a hammer. All three at B are looking towards A.
July 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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It’s been a little while since we’ve had a discussion, so…

What’s your preferred Ransome read for July? Perhaps you like to dive into Pigeon Post for a sweltering adventure, or take refuge in the cold of Winter Holiday?? Do share your thoughts! 👇

PS quiz to follow soon

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A snapshot of a coloured map of High Moor and High Topps.
July 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Very lucky to be doing a spot of Swallows-and-Amazons-ing in the Lake District this weekend. Where’s your favourite place to go adventuring? 🥾
A view of Grasmere. The sky is blue with a few fluffy white clouds.
March 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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On #internationalwomensday, let’s celebrate some of Arthur Ransome’s female characters. Who holds a special place in your heart, and why?
A drawing of Captain Nancy climbing up the newly erected trellis at Beckfoot
March 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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After posting the Swallowdale quiz yesterday, I spotted this rather similar view on a walk today, which made me smile.

A canal rather than a stream, Wales rather than the Lakes, and thankfully no GA in the vicinity…
A photograph of a bridge over a canal, with some shrubs to the right A line drawing by Arthur Ransome of a bridge over a stream
February 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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It’s been too long since we’ve had a quiz, so here goes…

1. Name characters A & B
2. Which location are they about to discover?
3. When A&B return from exploring, there’s a hurry to get going-which visitor has occasioned the hurry?
4. Sailing back, which portentous rock is spotted?

Answers tom!
A line drawing shows character A (wearing a dress and leading the way) and character B (scruffy hair and shorts, following A) up to their ankles in a stream, and passing beneath a stone bridge.
February 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Thought I’d share this painting which my Dad made this week … rather Ransome-esque!
An acrylic painting of Coniston, with two sailing dinghies in the foreground… one with a white sail, and one with a red sail.
January 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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It’s certainly been Winter Holiday weather here… Do share your snowy pics ❄️🔭✨📷👇
A photo showing a hillside covered with snow
January 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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A quiz for new year!
1. Name characters A, B, & C
2. B saves A & C from an unpleasant breakfast experience - what?
3. What piece of kitchen equipment does B recommend?
4. C has found something belonging to B - what?
5. Which book?

Reply with guesses, answers tomorrow!
Character A, who wears pigtails, is holding a bottle and standing next to a table set for a meal. Character B holds a bottle and is relaxing in an open doorway. Character C, who is wearing spectacles, watches on.
January 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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And day 24!

1. Name character A
2. Name the building, and the characters who are already inside
3. What food item does A have in their knapsack?
4. With what does A make a good blaze?
5. Which book?

Bonus… share any of your favourite moments from this story!

Reply below, answers tomorrow!
A snowy scene. We see character A in the foreground, moving towards a small building which has light shining from its windows
December 24, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Day 23!

1. Who is at the window, under the blue circle? What vegetable do they resemble, and why?
2. What does the flag above signify?
3. Who is leaning on the sundial, writing?
4. Name the location
5. Which book?

Reply with guesses, answers tomorrow!
A line drawing shows the backs of seven characters, six of whom are looking at an upper window in a house, and one is leaving on a sundial, writing. At the upper window a blue circle obscures the face of a character, although we can see two outstretched arms. A flag hangs above the window.
December 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Day 22!
1. Name this character
2. What is he watching?
3. What mode of transport did he use to arrive at this location?
4. Someone else is masquerading as this character-who? And how do they imitate this character’s appearance?
5. Which book?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A character wearing spectacles sits between two rocks, behind a net that has some foliage woven into it. They are looking towards a lake and watching something intently.
December 22, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Day 21!
1. What is the name of this location, as noted on sign A?
2. Name character B
3. What is being marked on the map, and whose idea is it to do so?
4. Which book?

Bonus: Mrs Dudgeon’s cook brings a seed cake and something in a jug - what?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A busy scene shows the inside of a lean-to, where Dot, Dick, Joe, Pete, Bill, and Tom seem engaged in various activities including marking locations on a map. A sign ‘A’ hangs on the wall, and a canine character B breaks the fourth wall.
December 21, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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Day 20!
1. Who made this?
2. What is it called?
3. Who named it?
4. What is written on each of the three signs?
5. What was left behind, necessitating this invention?
6. Which book?

Bonus: which animal has joined this expedition?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A tall straight stick has been hammered vertically into the ground, as have three small signs. The landscape is barren, and the stick/signs throw some long shadows.
December 20, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Day 19!
1. Name characters A, B, C, & D
2. What company do B, C, & D belong to?
3. What metal has C recently found?
4. Which peak rises above this location?
5. Which book?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A line drawing shows a tall figure marked A, wearing a hat, appearing from between some rocks. In the foreground three characters are watching him, hidden behind some rocks. B is wearing pigtails, C has short scruffy hair, and D is sporting spectacles.
December 19, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Day 18!
1. Name characters A, B, C, & D
2. A is writing something…What?
3. C decides to make something… What?
4. D must learn to do something… What?
5. Which book?

Bonus: A, B, C, & D have a name for this location… what is it?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A line drawing shows four characters sitting on some raised ground overlooking a lake. A lies on his stomach and is busy writing, resting the paper on an upturned plate. B sits with her hand on a kettle. C is looking towards a small island in the distance. D has slightly scruffy hair and is busy looking through a telescope
December 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Day 17!

1. Name this object
2. What noise does it make?
3. From which vessel is it encountered by the Swallows?
4. What does passing it mean?

Bonus: what rousing tune is being played on the whistle by Roger, just before this object is identified?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A slightly ovoid structure floating in the sea, like ‘an enormous parrot cage with a pointed top, built on a round raft. At the top of the cage was a lantern’
December 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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Day 16!

Jibbooms and bobstays, ink
has been splashed all over someone’s pocket book.

Can you identify:

1. The missing words, A to H
2. The name of the owner of the pocket book
3. Which book?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
December 16, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Day 15:
1. Name the vessel
2. Name the part of the vessel that this image shows
3. Two mates are in charge here. Who are they?
4. Fill in the blanks - A, B, & C
5. Which book?

Bonus: which vessel is in pursuit?
Bonus bonus: What is in the saucepan at D?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A line drawing shows some shelves above a stove. On the shelves we see tea, sugar, salt, tapioca, and rice. We can also see some items with parts of their names obscured: ‘Captain’s A, Squashed B, and C Loaves’. Bubbling away on the stove is a large kettle and a saucepan (D). Outside we can see Gibber, and someone with a telescope looking at a dot on the horizon.
December 15, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Day 14!

1. Identify characters A & B
2. Who is lying on the stretcher at C, and what are they holding aloft?
3. Where did C spend the previous night, and with whom?
4. Who is C pretending to be?
5. Which book?

Bonus: What did C have to eat the previous evening?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A line drawing shows a barren landscape. In the background a character C lies on a stretcher, which is being carried by a small party. C is waving a linear object in the air. In the foreground two characters are running towards the stretcher party, arms aloft. A is an adult, and B a child. Both wear dresses, and B wears a sun hat.
December 14, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Scary one for Friday 13th…

1. Name this nefarious individual
2. Name his vessel
3. Who is (mistakenly) visiting him for advice, and about what kind of bird?
4. Name the book

Bonus: What colour are this person’s pyjamas?

Reply with guesses, answers tom!
A line drawing showed a bespectacled person sporting a moustache, sitting at a desk and measuring an ovoid object using some callipers. He is frowning.
December 13, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Day 12!
1. Who are these 2 suspicious characters, A & B?
2. Where are A&B headed?
3. What is the suitcase C for?
4. Whose idea is this escapade?
5. Which book?

Bonus: who almost discovers A?
Bonus bonus: where does A hide?

Reply with guesses, answers tomorrow!
A line drawing shows a night time scene. Two characters are walking though a slightly wooded area. Character A carries a suitcase C, and leads the way. Character B follows behind and seems to sport pigtails.
December 12, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Day 11!

1. Who is the author of this epistle?
2. Who are the recipients?
3. The author claims to the the mayor of which city?
4. Which book?

Reply with guesses, answers tomorrow!
A line drawing shows a long winding path, with many stick characters waving their arms in different formations
December 11, 2024 at 7:58 PM