Posted by Peter Hyland on December 19, 2014 at 01:16:13 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Auction of Ransome originals plus an AR response card from 1939 posted by Peter Ceresole on December 18, 2014 at 14:56:29:
Well, Tars are human and it's a nice, believable story.
Well, Dick Kelsall (son of Col. Kelsall) is a human being and he recalls at the age of 7 being shown in Borrans Park a curious little wooden building with a sort of bay window and a flagpole projecting from its roof. Dick led the 1993 expedition and while one might have doubts about 'dowsing' they also found post-holes. Also on that expedition was Jim Andrews, who knows every inch of the South Lakes, and is a Ransome scholar. I am not saying that they have to be right, but their researches are persuasive, and do not deserve to be patronisingly dismissed on Tarboard.