I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously.

Helen Skelton

I was lucky to spend so long on 'Blue Peter' and 'Newsround' and if you are a bit giddy, like I am, a bit daft, like I am, and you are the kind of person who makes lots of public mistakes, like I do, then it's sometimes hard for people to take me seriously.

Helen Skelton

I'm not body-conscious, but show me a woman who genuinely wants to show the tops of her thighs squashed on a leather bar stool.

Helen Skelton

I was lucky enough to go to South America and kayak on the Amazon and camp in the jungle in 2011.

Helen Skelton

I am not an adventurer or a writer, I am a person who thinks life is too short and if there is something you fancy doing you should have a go and see how far you get.

Helen Skelton

I walked on a high wire at Battersea power station for Comic Relief in 2011. It was the scariest but the most exciting moment. I hated being on it but as soon as I stepped off I was desperate to get back on and do it again!

Helen Skelton

I am actually hoping to write a series of books! The Amazon was the first one I got finished and have managed to get published! I have plenty more ideas up my sleeve!

Helen Skelton

That's just the culture that television breeds. No one wants to be difficult. You want to bring solutions, not problems.

Helen Skelton

After you have kids, you feel differently about your body. Aesthetically, am I happy with my body? No. I definitely think you come to view it as more functional. But you just get past it.

Helen Skelton

My kids are my priority, then my husband, then my life, then work.

Helen Skelton

Everyone asks me how to get into television. Ultimately, you have to work for free for years. As much as we enthuse about diversity, we are never going to be truly diverse because the system means only a certain section of society can do that.

Helen Skelton

For me having kids, it doesn't clip your wings, it gives you a different type of adventure to take, like you say you've got different priorities.

Helen Skelton

I once went down the Amazon and our boat got charged by Columbian policemen with guns and we all had to get on motorbikes and whip across town.

Helen Skelton

The scariest thing I ever did was give birth in the kitchen by myself, with my three-year-old bashing me on the head with a sword, but it's not like you have a choice is it.

Helen Skelton

You have kids and everything changes, and I guess before I had my kids I could do what I wanted and go where I wanted.

Helen Skelton

I often think about my dad. He couldn't name you half the government ministers but it doesn't mean that he hasn't got an opinion.

Helen Skelton

When you are a journalist and there is a big story like Dominic Cummings, it's great to be at the heart of it. What I love, and it sounds a bit cheesy, is you feel connected to other people.

Helen Skelton

I am not Laura Kuenssberg and I'm never going to be.

Helen Skelton

Swimmers do not get a lot of telly time so you are not dealing with a lot of egos.

Helen Skelton

British swimming have created that environment where it is very friendly. And I think it is part of our sporting culture. Rainy Sunday, you go to the local swimming pool.

Helen Skelton

The swimmers ask me all the time 'is it going to be on telly more?' They want their families to watch them. Not every family can afford to go to Rio or Budapest. And it is nice for the clubs and coaches as well to see the people they have brought up.

Helen Skelton