Welcome to Walcombe Bay!

Walcombe Bay is a very special seaside resort on the South Coast of England with a lovely harbour full of boats, a thriving high street and best of all, the safe, sun-kissed sandy shores of Sandy Bay, just a short distance away.

Seymour the ferryboat takes families from the town harbour to the delights of the Sandy Bay beach and the delicious food of its beachside café - The Winking Winkle. He is crewed by Skipper Salt and his son Jack.

Seymour is so much more than an ordinary ferryboat though, as he has feelings and a personality all of his own! However, Seymour cannot work without the aid of his buddy, Tooting Ted, the sea-paddling tractor.

Seymour and Tooting Ted work as a team to give people on holiday a wonderful day: a boat trip combined with a short ride on a sea tractor through the surf; followed by a day on the beach complete with swimming in the sea, a picnic or lunch at The Winking Winkle; before being escorted back home on a sea tractor and ferryboat ride, courtesy of Tooting Ted and Seymour!

Around the Walcombe harbour are the other boats, some being more self-important than others, starting of course with Rufus the offshore lifeboat, Izzy the inshore lifeboat, Max the Mackerel fishing boat and Peter Potter, the lobster catching boat.

Other characters that interact with Seymour and Tooting Ted are the sea creatures: Oskar Whiskers, the seal with halitosis, and Danny and Daisy, the loveable exhibitionist dolphins.

This series of stories is written to entertain and educate the “apprentice reader” and hopefully to amuse those reading the stories aloud to children.