Darina Allen: Locally-caught prawns and sloe whiskey — food fare is the star in Co Down

'I can’t exactly take the higher moral ground because I hadn’t been either, and it has to be said, the climate is much more agreeable and certainly less sizzling than many exotic-sounding places in summer'

Hara's Beetroot Cured Salmon with Horseradish & Apple - a light lunch from the north shore.

Every day of the week, people are whizzing off to Ibiza or Lanzarote for a few longed for days in the sun.

Far be it from me to deprive Cork Airport, the friendliest little airport in the world, of any business, but tell me have you been to the Ards Peninsula and North Down?