Why we love THE GREAT BRITISH SUMMER

When your kids are young, the start of the school holidays sparks dread among most parents – what are we going to do with the little blighters for six whole weeks? The relief at not having to get them out of bed and into freshly ironed uniforms every day is quickly replaced by the existential dread of the unstructured days yawning ahead of us.

‘We get dive-bombed by seagulls the size of Labradors’

Now that my kids are older – an 18-year-old and 17-year-old triplets – they mostly