Posted by Tom Napier on May 31, 2010 at 06:34:58 user Didymus.
In Reply to: Re: The time of year in "Great Northern" posted by Owen Roberts on May 28, 2010 at 15:17:51:
Actually, Ransome is remarkably specific about dates. Both SA and SD quote exact dates even though they are not consistent with SD taking place the year after SA. In PM both the day and month, but not the year, of the start and the end of the action are given. These agree with elapsed days in the narrative. The same is true of WH even though some days elapse without specific actions being recorded.
I made an effort to assign years to the stories based on the occurrence of Sundays when, for example, shops would be closed. My somewhat inconclusive results can be found in the 2002 and Winter 2003 issues of Mixed Moss.