Sailing the Shallows

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  @paulthew2 · 11 months ago

  When people complain about the internet, YouTube, etc., they forget that little gems like this exist.<br>It&apos;s always a quality experience with Roger.

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• WM

  @wmanad8479 · 11 months ago

  &quot;Swallows and Amazons forever!&quot;

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• BR

  @brunsonr · 11 months ago

  Smiles and tears. Thank you Roger. Sail-on!

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• AS

  @astrorad2000 · 11 months ago

  Roger, you are a wonderful source of inspiration for all of us who cherish what makes life worth living! &nbsp;Your words bring a healing to we who are often troubled by trends that threaten the viability of all to flourish. Thank you.

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• FR

  @fredfinderandcrispin · 11 months ago

  Thank you Roger, Magical and, Sublime.

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• NI

  @nickrose1778 · 11 months ago

  From a title eluding about the shallows, this went very deep. Cheers

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• RI

  @richardaber4299 · 11 months ago

  Thank you Roger for this wonderful piece. &nbsp;For closing the circle of your life and pointing a way forward. &nbsp;It’s not necessarily big waters that are important but the connection between land and water that are the most meaningful. &nbsp;Your work to build this understanding is very valuable and appreciated. &nbsp;I’m looking forward to getting my copy of your book.

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  @AndyJarman · 11 months ago

  My family holidays were at Barton Turf, on the Norfolk Broads, during the same era Roger was holidaying on Windermere.<br><br>The manager of the school&apos;s sailing base would lend my brother and I a Canadian canoe named Bum free.<br><br>We&apos;d paddle for miles through reed beds, bird watching and exploring cuttings.<br><br>In those days the water was clear and you could see shaols of fish in the water!<br><br>Windmills, half ruinous churches, sand dunes, sunken old wooden peat barges and Norfolk punts. &nbsp;And those big skies and the smell of peat.

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• LU

  @luciehankey6494 · 9 months ago

  I ordered the book from a local bookshop (a dying breed that need support), it finally arrived, and it is such a gem! The content is a real treat, and it is beautifully produced and a pleasure to hold and read. Swallows and Amazons for adults :). Thank you for creating this work of art, in addition to your wonderful videos.

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• JO

  @jonnection · 11 months ago

  This man is single-handedly restoring my faith in the intellectual heritage of Britain. All is not yet lost.

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• RO

  @rossburgess2978 · 11 months ago

  As a child in New Zealand in the 1950s, I devoured the Swallows and Amazons books, and it was not until 1972 that I made it to the English lake district. It is only recently &nbsp;from Youtube ,that I found out Coniston was Arthur Ransomes retreat, and so thanks for the added information. I shall look forward to reading your book. I see from your videos that you have visited the Mana Yacht Club and sailed in the area around Mana Island where I have done most of my own sailing in my 16ft Silouette bilge keeler. Many thanks for your delightful videos!

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  @paulh4691 · 1 month ago (edited)

  Missed this one someone! &nbsp;What a great little doco you have put together here Roger. &nbsp;And as someone who pestered you years ago in the comments section of one of your vids to write a book on your sailing stories, &nbsp;I&apos;m very glad you did exactly that! &nbsp; Almost finished it and what a great book. &nbsp; Any Ransome fan would definitely enjoy some of those chapters. &nbsp;The photos and lovely little sketches were a real bonus too. &nbsp;A lucky child you were!