This Bell Rope was made by William Houghton ... "Themopylae" when he was aged 13 the sister ship of the Cutty Sark. He was taught the skill of Knot making by the old sailors he worked with.

The ropewalk is a quarter of a mile long, long enough to make 220 meter lengths of rope. This length is enough to anchor a ship in 40 fathoms of water. Chatham Dockyard was once at the forefront ...

The Mule Knot (a.k.a releasable knot) is ideal to lock off the rope on the belay plate. There are many occasions in climbing when, belaying from the harness using a device which does not self-arrest ...