And just like that, as if a ribbon were cut or the flood gates opened on the Causeway Bridge, the mad dash to the season is on. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

To those of you from cities and countrysides who’ve been pining for the magic of our little island, picturing your feet in the sand, line in the water, cold one in hand – the families that come back year after year for morning beach walks, evening glass offs and French fried lobster, welcome back. We missed you.