Red Sea by day? Don’t delay

THE little boy outside the airport asks, “Does this mean no more rain?” Like many children, he has a knack for cutting through the waffle, getting to the heart of what the adults around him are feeling with one quick, incisive quip.

“Yep,” confirms his gran, with a giggle. “No more rain.”

Granny and grandson are two of hundreds of holidaymakers off the latest charter into the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh, and its baking 35-degree temperatures.