Sunburned days in Cairndhu

In the summer, when we were boys, there always seemed to be days when the tar melted and bubbled during the summer. We went swimming in bare feet and burst the tar bubbles with our big toe.When we got home, we were suitably chastised for coming into the house with tar on our feet. Life was tough! It was even tougher the day Rob's big brother came with us. 'You can't swim, laddie,' he commented. 'Well, you'll either learn or sink,' he said and threw me in. It sounds desperate nbut the swimming hole hasn't very big and there were plenty about to pull me clear if I hadn't managed a doggy paddle. Of course we got sunburned and had to get plastered with camomile lotion in the middle of the night.

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