This abridged edition of Coot Club and The Big Six is based on the film Swallows and Amazons For Ever!

'Heads!' called the boy. The next moment the paint can came flying through the open window between Dick and Dorothea. The coil of rope whirled round and shot in after it. The door was opened and the boy flung himself in head first and landed on all fours.

A chance encounter in a train, on their way to the Norfolk Broads, introduces Dick and Dorothea to the members of the Coot Club and plunges them into an exciting adventure. This and learning to sail add up to the best holiday they've ever had.