Swallows and Amazons: The Syria connectionArthur Ransome in later life tried to put some distance between his fictional Walker family - pictured here in the new film - and the children he based them on It is a well-known tale of high adventure for four children in the 1930s who set off in their sail boat one summer to reach an uninhabited island in the middle of Coniston Water, in the English Lake District. And Arthur Ransome's famous boo
