A perfect Sunday? It’s nice to get out in the garden among nature. I love listening to the birds, pottering with my plants or picking up Red Robin leaves from the hedges. As a former athlete, I do a lot of wholesome work on wellbeing and the mind.
What’s for lunch? I like my Sunday roast: crunchy, fluffy potatoes, lashings of gravy, lots of vegetables and a lovely big fat pudding. Or I’ll cook fish or pasta with my son. He’s 26 and still lives at home. I can’t get rid of him! I’m not complaining, I love his company.
Sundays growing up? I was abandoned as a baby, then I spent 14 years in children’s homes. That’s why I’m advocating the importance of rejuvenation for the care system sector.
What were those days like? When I was in children’s homes, we’d go to Sunday school, which was nice because you saw the children from school. We’d have a sit- down Sunday dinner. Food was sparse, but the routine stood me in good stead. We’d pray the Corona man would come round and we’d have Tizer, limeade or cherry aid with our lunch. You could hear him ring his bell as he came by.
Sunday exercise? Lots of challenges: I did the Everest Base Camp. I’ve signed up to do the Bay of Biscay and Pyrenees. I’m also a member of the London Marathon walking group. I walk a marathon in under six hours, so it’s a 14-minutes-a-mile pace. That’s pretty fast.
No javelins? Not for a long time. I’m coaching a young heptathlete, so still involved.
Sunday on I’m a Celeb? Every day mulched into one. The cockroach crawling up my nose was an iconic moment. It was stuck in my head for 40 minutes. When it came out, it hit the ground and keeled over. I put him in a bottle, brought him home, and the British Museum put him in resin. When I do keynote speaking, the adults want to see my medals, but the kids want to see the cockroach.
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