Peter Walker has just written from Kendal to tell me that Arthur Ransome could be heard on BBC Radio Cumbria yesterday afternoon.
A newly cleaned up archive recording of the author reading from his classic book on fishing ‘Rod and Line’ in 1956 can be heard on BBC I-player for the next five days. Please go 25 minutes into Emma Borthwick’s programme for the item recorded by Jennie Dennett at Hill Top, the Ransome’s house above Haverthwaite, which the new owners, Stephen Sykes and his wife Janine, are opening for Bed and Breakfast.
BBC Radio Cumbria at 17.25 on 15th August 2013
Peter Walker’s excellent ‘Swallows and Amazons’ tour gives one an insight and understanding of Arthur Ransome’s life in the Lake District. For more information please click here.
Sophie Neville 
Hi Sophie, I found New swallow’s and Amazons
story’s at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9534995/1/The-War-and-Titty-Walker please follow the link and then click the author’s name for all the story’s I think they are very Ransom like.
I know the Altounyan girls had quite disparte adventures in WWII. Poor Susie was interneted in France and Titty had a difficult sea voyage back to England.
I’m sure you meant interned, and disperate.?.with respect. Colin.
Sorry, disparate and interned.
Yes, the spell check wants me to write disparate. What I meant was that they were separated.
I wonder if the recording of Arthur Ransome reading is still available anywhere. The tour sounds interesting.