When you remember your kid self up at the family cottage all those summers ago, what do you picture? Are you sprawled across a hammock in the shade with a Judy Blume book resting on your stomach? Digging for pieces of sea glass in the sand and carefully cleaning them off so they shine like precious jewels? Listening, wide-eyed, as one of your parents tells an old ghost story around the campfire with melted chocolate and marshmallows smeared all over your face?
We’ve rounded up our readers’ favourite memories and retro cottage photos, so if you’re aiming to make this summer the one that your kids remember forever and ever (and tell their own kids about), look no further for inspiration than the halycon days of your own childhood. Read more...