Oooh! A fellow Swallows and Amazons fan! My Mum read the whole series to my brothers and sister and me, after breakfast on weekends when we were young. It was technically part of her teaching us English, but it was never, ever a chore! I am slowly collecting all of the books in the series, in lovely hard-bound copies with paper covers; re-reading them is a real treat! Who is your favourite character?