"It wouldn't be summer without sun, sea and sand, a bucket and spade or ice cream pouring down your hand as you try to lick it off," says singer Jack L.

"It wouldn't be summer without beautiful tanned ladies of all shapes and sizes strutting their stuff down streets and beaches, and summer tunes pounding in the distance, and in the country green corn crackling as it turns to gold, and later barbecues blazing as the August moon glistens. And, of course, it wouldn't be summer in Ireland without a little rain and cold."

When in Peru...

Look out for the local delicacy cuy on the menu. (In Cuzco cathedral, in a painting of the Last Supper, you can see the disciples tucking into it.) But before ordering you probably should know that it's guinea pig - roasted, usually.