BOLTON DJ Sara Cox has revealed what a perfect day off would be for her.

The Radio 2 presenter said: "My eldest daughter, Lola, who is 13, could repeat this perfectly, because whenever she's mithering and nagging me saying, 'I want this or that or the other', I retort 'Well, I want to be lying on a beach in Mauritius with a good book and a Pina Colada, but I can't have that, so there you go'.

"If I could transport myself there, that would be my dream. I'm not a mean mum, so the kids could come, but they'd have to play 100 yards away!

"In a real world, I'd enjoy a lie-in. Now the kids are getting bigger, they can go downstairs and find their own nourishment, and my husband looks after the cat and the dogs. I like to disappear and get some exercise - we have a rowing machine, TRX straps and yoga mat, and I have an app on my phone which tells me what to do. I jump around for about half an hour.

"I love a Sunday roast, but I've got over that a bit, because I slave myself away peeling and roasting, and then I feel I have to make the kids eat it. So instead, we like a snack lunch with bagels, salmon and egg mayonnaise, and there's no pressure. Or, even better, I'd cadge lunch of my in-laws who live nearby. And in the evening, somehow the kids' PE kit and homework would magically be sorted without my lifting a finger - now that would be a dream!"