Submitted by: Mark Shaw When I was a kid me and some friends found what we thought was a bottle of sun cream at the local lido and promptly covered ourselves in the stuff. It turned out it was stuff that attracted the sun. Being fair skinned I ended up looking like a red incredible [...]
Submitted by: Sarah Whittington I was very burnt & when to a flamingo park with the family…that was my new nickname after that! as they couldn’t tell the difference with me & the flamingo’s so the children said!!
Submitted by: Gwen Thomas My story is something that happened to my mum. We were on a family holiday in Wales and it was one of the hottest days of the year, everyone was smothered in cream except my mum who wanted to ‘tan’! We tried telling her she’d burn, but she wouldn’t listen. Anyway, [...]
Submitted by: Felicity Morris My sister burnt her chest so bad it was red for the whole 2 weeks and the skin peeled nearly enough to draw blood. Near the end of the week she went out in the sun again but even full block didnt stop the area from burning again!
Submitted by: Alison Maclean My husband fell asleep in the sun but left his book on his chest. He ended up red with a big white square which looked daft. I told him off for becoming a lobster and ever since my son keeps going Dad can’t go swimming because hes a lobster. Not sure [...]
