Bruce wrote:
> Every time the Nauticalia catalogue comes, Sheila panics that I'm 
going 
> to buy the Swallows and Amazons box set. (Well the the first grandkid 
> on the way, it's just anticipating a birthday present, really)
> 
> S&A was my first intro to living afloat, I guess.
> 
Yep. I've still got the original dust jacketed editions from my 
childhood. The books kindled my interest in boats and the Lake District 
which has never left me, I guess.
Interesting life AR led, if you read his biography.
Roger

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