The best thing about holidaying with other families can also be the worst | Emma Wilkins

One of the many benefits of group holidays is that if you forget something, or break it, or soak it in red wine, you won't be on your own - but not every kind of sharing brings delight

I was packing for a weekend away with several other families when I made the mistake of thinking a bottle of red wine would be safest rolled up in a sleeping bag.

I didn't know most of the families going but I knew the instigators, and that they'd have gathered a great crowd. Those other families probably thought so too - until ours showed up, reeking of wine, in the middle of the day.