tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post5117830651180510800..comments2024-03-25T12:56:50.867+00:00Comments on ROWING FOR PLEASURE: More Rowing in LiteratureChris Partridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-55478616524031644952016-02-12T23:37:59.094+00:002016-02-12T23:37:59.094+00:00Chris, what I love about the 'Messing about in...Chris, what I love about the 'Messing about in boats' quote is that as you quite correctly point out Ratty rows straight into the bank - which (speaking for myself) makes the incident an apt metaphor for the sublimity and ridiculousness of life in general and many of my own boating experiences in particular. Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-2065924578702596152016-02-12T11:38:07.802+00:002016-02-12T11:38:07.802+00:00Steve - I chewed through them all at a rate of kno...Steve - I chewed through them all at a rate of knots, but in retrospect I now see that having done that I moved on and never went back. That's the great thing about Blyton - she is a gateway drug to literature's hard stuff.<br />Alden - Wind in the Willows is the great classic of course. I always wonder when people trot out the 'messing about in boats' quote whether they realise that the next sentence describes Ratty rowing straight into the bank...Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-75617301546842934992016-02-10T12:49:25.307+00:002016-02-10T12:49:25.307+00:00Oh well said... I devoured those books when I was...Oh well said... I devoured those books when I was a youngster... everything she ever wrote (with the exception of the fairy tales) including the boarding school stories.... I like the "five investigators" best as I remember....Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-919094178463029114.post-39741120564301900652016-02-10T08:37:53.277+00:002016-02-10T08:37:53.277+00:00There is plenty of dinghy rowing and the 'catc...There is plenty of dinghy rowing and the 'catching of crabs' in Gilbert Hackforth Jones' 'Green Sailors' series of books for children. I grew up with this series as well as Arthur Ransomes 'Swallows and Amazons' books (Which I still prefer). <br /><br />For catching air with oars perhaps the best description is Moles attempts at rowing in The 'Wind In The Willows'.Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.com