Rather than lug your purchases around with you on your speedy business trip, why not pick them up at Gare du Nord right before Eurostar check-in? As you exit the Metro in the 'Magenta' part of the station, there's a small stall run by a chap from Provence, who dispenses great wine, cheese, pate and meats to those London-bound. Great for picking up some goodies before heading up to the Eurostar terminal.

Gare du Nord, Paris. SNCF says: France des Provinces Niveau -1 (Level -1) sous la verrière Transilien, face au couloir RER E

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I ate my bodyweight in cheese on this wine and cheese tasting course in a cool loft in Paris. The cheese was amazing, I just couldn't stop eating it with the delicious French bread and the wines we tasted from around France were equally as delicious. This course was light-hearted, fun and we had a lot of laughs as our friendly sommelier taught us as much as he possibly could in two hours and we listened as intently as we could manage after a few glasses of the finest wine and champagne he had to offer.

I now have a bit of an idea of what wines to choose next time I hit the supermarket and I'm off to seek out those amazing French cheeses. Well worth the £52 and a few hours away from the shops and sights of Paris.

www.golearnto.com/course/overview/967/Wine+and+Cheese+Pairing+Course

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Down at the harbour a modern stainless steel and glass building sells freshly caught fish (hake, plaice, sole, turbot, John Dory, etc) at a third of the price in supermarkets. They also serve fish and chips from five o’clock every evening.

A Sunday market flourishes on the foreshore, selling mainly crafts, plants and food. Breads of every kind fill baskets beside cheeses of every flavour. Especially good are the local blue cheeses made from goats’ milk. And of course the famous Durrus cheese from the town of the same name a few miles up the road.

Schull harbour

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Quite the most incredible cheese restaurant ever. Head downstairs to the cellar and dine on cheese in all its possible guises.

29, rue Benoît-Bunico, Nice, 6300 France.

It's a bit tucked away but worth hunting for.

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If you like cheese, then you've got two options. One, move to France. Two, visit either of La Fromagerie's two shops in London (one west, one north). They sell to all the big-name restaurants, so aren't the cheapest places in the world, but what's money for if not to buy good-quality cheese?

2-4 Moxon Street, W1U 4EW; Tel: 020 7935 0341
30 Highbury Park, N5 2AA; Tel: 020 7359 7440
www.lafromagerie.co.uk/

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Very good Italian restaurant that doesn't blow its own trumpet and so is relatively unknown. A bit of an oasis in the food desert of Westminster. Fantastic service (ask for any advice on the wine) and delicious food, but it's the cheeseboard in particular that keeps me coming back.

Quirinale, 1 Great Peter Street, SW1P 3LL. Phone 020 7222 7080. Nearest Tube: Westminster

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They're fiercely proud of their culture, these Corsicans, and they're starting to learn the finer points of marketing and branding. The island is big and it's fertile so all manner of goods are produced there. Take your pick of Corsican wine, whisky, foie gras, marmalade, spirits, cheese, meats - you name it. All with 'Produit de Corse' in big, bold letters. It's a feast for the taste buds. Save some room in your baggage to take it all home.

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A hard Norwegian goats' cheese, sweet to the taste and sickly to the eye. The locals have a saying about it: "The first time you hate it, the second time you hate it, the third time you love it." Couldn't agree more. Great as an alternative Welsh rarebit...

Anywhere and everywhere.

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Our tour took us across to Pag, featured in many restaurant menus for its tasty cheeses. Take a long leisurely walk round the backstreets of the island and get invited in by the locals to their little cheese dairies (usually the back room of a house), and buy a round to take on a picnic with fruit and local beer. Pag from the mainland appears like a moonscape (I think it's actually made of cheese).

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