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The wiki dedicated to Arthur Ransome, his life, literary works and the Swallows and Amazons series of novels. This wiki, to which anyone can contribute, adopts an in-universe perspective when writing about Arthur Ransome's works of fiction. We aim to complement Wikipedia, with articles focussed on Arthur Ransome and his works rather than general (native) knowledge.
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Eel smoking
In 'The Big Six', the Death and Glories go to great trouble to smoke the eels given to them by Harry Bangate, but the results are poor -in fact inedible. I think this is due to their use of pitch pine in the smoking process. Apparently soft woods …
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Crag Gill is a house on the western side of The Lake... ...more...
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