Posted by Woll on September 16, 2009 at 12:42:51 user Woll.
Apologies if this has been posted before (if so, I must have missed it)! - I found it whilst doing an exhaustive search for "Arthur Ransome" on the Internet...
It seems that Arthur Ransome is a celebrity of some worth, in circles I would never have expected.
http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities-news-in-pics/24-04-2009/51359/general/
http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/96812
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/309374.php
It's interesting see the variety of re-writings of this story in different publications - different spelling mistakes; different snippets about AR's life that each publication thinks will interest their readers; and, in cases, statements that are complete nonsense!