Ireland

At the invitation of Tourism Ireland, the country's north and east - the new Titanic Museum (Titanic Belfast), Dublin, Derry, the cliffs of Slieve League, Donegal, Atrim and Letterkenny.

Along were Melanie Daly, Graham Howe, Elizabeth Sleith and Helen Fraser from Tourism Ireland. An interesting trip; the divide between north and south, Protestant and Catholic somewhat explained, the sun shone, the diversity was surprising and the food largely memorable. Highlights included a bizarre tour through the City Hall in Belfast by a camp automaton, the food at the Guinness Pumphouse (and Dean's Deli's risotto), the Folk Museum in Holywood and that tiny little labourer's terrace house, the cliffs of Slieve and the rooms at Harveys Point Hotel, Lough Eske, Donegal.