You have awoken to another fabulous day in Ibiza, assuming you went to bed last night! Where do you take your first cup of coffee?

Well, that’s easy enough. For the past few years, I have been doing this intermittent fasting, so coffee is the one real morning ritual that I have left to look forward to on waking. I’ll drink a café Americano at home in the kitchen with my wife Sally whilst helping young Danny get ready for school. There’s a certain brand of coffee we like that’s only available on Ibiza and marketed as such – it’s made from arabica beans and has the dark roast that I’m looking for in a good coffee. It’s quite a unique taste that I’ve grown to love.

Friends have arrived – almost on time – and you’re heading for lunch. Where are we eating?

We have a saying in the armed forces that if you’ve arrived on time, you’re already late, and most of our friends are late, most of the time! But listen, after close to 30 years living on the island, I’ve gotten used to that too.

I like to take close friends to a couple of places and I’m sure that one (The Fish Shack) of them will have already been spoken about as it’s now so popular amongst our peer group. It’s still a firm favourite of mine and despite its name and incredible setting on the rocks by the sea, they also cook amazing lamb chops. If you fancy some rather than opting for the fish, ask for Danny’s mint sauce – I keep a jar there in the fridge. The only rule is, if you finish it, you replace it!

I’m also going to let you into another one of the once-secret coastal places, where it’s no longer a secret but they’ve kept their standards high. Along the coast towards Portinatx and just to the right is a lovely little chiringuito called Rebrots where they do both traditional Spanish tapas-type fare and more unusual (for Ibiza) Mexican bits and pieces. If I’m keeping it light, I’ll stick with the tapas, but the beef cheeks and the lamb mains are incredible. Just don’t tell everybody about it!

That’s a lot to eat for lunch, let’s sleep this off on a beach somewhere. There’s over 80 to choose from, which is your favourite?

Well as we’re over this side of the island today, having eaten some wonderful beef cheeks at Rebrots, let’s head to Cala Xarraca for a swim in the wonderful clear water there. I prefer the small coves and little pebbly beaches as they tend to have the clearest waters, and my son Danny is a keen snorkeller and underwater photographer. If I’m looking for a sandy place to catch a few zeds after lunch, then we’re going to San Miguel where the beach is big enough to find your own space even in the busiest months of the summer season.

Is that the time? We must have fallen asleep. Shall we go and watch sunset?

Well, this is a really personal thing for me, and I don’t want to share the actual coordinates as I still want to be able to go there but let’s just say that I believe the best sunsets are to be found looking out towards Es Vedrá – a truly magical spot on an island filled with magical spots. I’ll take my family to places that I’ve found whilst walking round the area during the previous week with my regular group of Whittle’s Wanderers (we meet every Wednesday when the weather allows and explore the further reaches of the island). To be honest though, I actually find sunset a little melancholic and much prefer to watch the sunrise, it fills me full of the promise as to what the day ahead might bring and gives me the energy necessary to meet that challenge.

We could head home to bed… but we’re in Ibiza! The night is still young, where we going?

As an ex-mariner, I think I’m naturally drawn to the port and still love the little dive bars in and around the back alleys leading away from the main drag. You can find me most Sundays catching up with my promotions crew in Angelo’s Bar. I’ll have a couple of cañas and maybe grab a slice of pizza at Gualty’s (Pirata) before venturing further into the labyrinth of the marina. I’ll maybe drop into see Vaughn at his new place, Funky Aluna Room. Vaughn’s one of the last remaining pirates and a true Ibiza face that I’ve known for a long time, having hosted the Funky Room at Pacha Ibiza back in the days when we first arrived.

And finally, to bed… or?

As musical director and brand manager for Chinois, I do tend to drop in from time to time. I love the Sundays there, so I’ll head down to SHÈN, our night with Franky Wah. It’s like things have come full circle with that night, as it has a more or less progressive house vibe musically and reminds me of what brought me to Ibiza in the first place with Renaissance, that Sasha and Digweed sound. Saturday nights there are great too so I might pop down to see Johannes [Goller, promoter]. I fully respect what has done with his TRIP event, great forward-thinking bookings that pull a very musically aware crowd. All the nights at Chinois are very different, as we know there’s a market in Ibiza for this, and our venue is just the right size to play around a bit more with the programming than some of the bigger clubs can.