No British people love their local cuisine as much as the folk of the North West. When we go abroad, or even down South of the M62, it’s always a bit of a wrench to leave our own grub behind. While we’re on the move we’ll likely encounter all manner of exotic culinary delights (read foreign muck), but we still miss the real taste of home.

But before we even start on food, we must talk about liquid refreshment. Now It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Southerner in possession of a kettle does not know how to make a decent brew. So that’s why it’s always best to take your own Yorkshire Tea teabags on holiday. And perhaps your own teapot too, just to be safe.

When it comes to food, you could do worse than packing a stash of meat pasties. They are best fresh, but frozen is better than a horror from a London petrol station. They just aren’t the same anywhere else. A proper Cornish pasty is not an abomination, but it is definitely second best to a Northern one.

Now it’s simple enough in the north to find decent gravy in chip shops but once you leave the north it can be a little trickier – the thin gruel they serve down South is surely not even gravy! You’ll miss it most when you’re abroad, and after having downed a few too many cocktails all you’ll want is some proper British chips with some deliciously thick, meaty sauce. Chips and gravy – they go together like… chips and gravy!

And finally, don’t let’s forget chippy pudding and gravy. It’s hard to come by unless you’re in the North West. You’ll know it’s not a dessert, but you also need to know you’re going to get very strange looks if you order it at Nandos in the Westfield at Stratford City, London.

So there you have it. Our ultimate travel advice for great food-loving North Easterners is simple – don’t travel!