"My summer wouldn't be the same without camping. We started seven or eight years ago, says Moya Brennan, solo singer, harpist and key voice of Clanad.

"We're just back from 10 days in Brittany. The campsites now and the people are amazing. It's the whole doing of it, putting the tent up. When it rains that doesn't put me off. At night, playing scrabble, with a glass of wine, it's romance to the hilt. The kids absolutely adore it. We really look forward to it every year."

In conversation with Catherine Foley

Moya Brennan sings for the first time from her new album at Monkstown church tomorrow, as part of the Festival of World Cultures

When in Spain . . . don't expect to find no-smoking sections in restaurants. There are none, so there's no point complaining about it.

Rosita Boland