Posted by Duncan on June 20, 2011 at 07:28:45 user Duncan.
In Reply to: Re: Nancy and Peggy posted by Roger Wardale on June 19, 2011 at 17:47:31:
Hi Roger,
What do you make of the Crossley girls suggestion, made on the "If Not Duffers" blog a year or so ago? I found the argument quite intriquing, especially the coincidence of the Esperance ownership, and the geography of Pull Wyke, etc?
Incidently, I was very interested by the little gem in your latest book about the Esperence being the only boat in the bay between Cockshott point and the ferry when AR began writing SA. You mention that on the day he began, he sailed from somewhere to Storrs Hotel. Would that journey have gone past the houseboat? I have a rather intriguing image of a sail out of Rio Bay, past Cockshott point, with Ramp Holme looking inviting down the lake; tacking across the lake, with the next tack being around the point of the bay where the Esperence was at anchor, back across the lake (perhaps passing a steamer on its way to Rio) and then close by Ramp Holme (bringing back memories of sailing to Peel Island years before) before arriving at the hotel...
Perhaps I'm being over romantic!!