There might be a cost-of-living crisis gripping our nation right now, but try telling that to the affluent folk staying alongside me at this five-star Sardinian resort whose biggest concern at this very moment is for the wellbeing of the designer sunglasses perched on top of their heads, as they quaff flutes of bubbly in the balmy 30-degree heat.
The vast majority of guests here are super-rich types – those who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at rising domestic energy prices.