In Scrabo Country no icy peaks reach for the skies, no water-falls thunder into deep ravines - just a 500-foot hill, its tower clad summit surrounded by 40 square miles of rolling drumlins clothed with the riches of one of the agriculturally most blessed parts of County Down, traced and explored by winding roads and book-ended by the thriving market towns of Newtownards and Comber.

Drawing on a lifetime of media experience David Kirk reveals the beauty - both the well known and the hidden gems - of this lovely corner of Ulster, so often taken for granted by those who sped their lives in the shadow of one of the province's most iconic and best loved landmarks.