Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I love reading. I spend a huge amount of time travelling on planes and have always got a book on the go.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I'm a very light packer. I don't like checking in luggage. I only like hand luggage.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I'd be quite happy if cars were banned from central London. Why are we not using little tuk-tuks rather than big black cabs?

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I've had enough of the bleak headlines and divisive politics, dark TV dramas and hate-filled social media. I'm embracing a new movement with a slightly ridiculous name and a single mission, to make the world a better place. It's called 'hopepunk'.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

London really is my city; I was born within a breath of Marble Arch.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

Where once Lego offered a whimsical form of escapism into the world of the subconscious, encouraging creativity and imagination, it's transformed into a rigid 'box ticking' discipline where children are encouraged to build by conformity.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I'm acutely aware of the environment but I'm far from perfect - I love Land Rovers and fly too much.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I wouldn't want to go into mainstream, Downing Street politics, though - it's just too cut-throat. I've got quite thin skin.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

We're a much more touchy-feely, hands-on generation than our fathers but juggling work, family and social life and trying to be romantic and keep yourself fit is really hard. I want to be the perfect dad but you can't be the perfect dad unless you compromise elsewhere.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I had a short run as the presenter of 'Cash in the Attic'. It's a very popular show but didn't really suit me.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I take echinacea to ward off colds and I go through phases of taking vitamins, but I'd rather eat a lot of fruit and veg than take pills.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

The wilderness rescued me. I have been shaped by my experiences in the great outdoors. Feeling comfortable in the wild gave me the confidence to be who I am, not who others want me to be.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

When I reached the summit of Everest, I scooped some ice into my drinking bottle as I'd run out of water and hoped it would melt. After I got back to base camp, I decided to keep it, so I had a special bottle made with an inscription - it's my lucky water.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I find 'EastEnders' so utterly bleak.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

We as humans, we're not solitary people, we're like dogs, we like to live in packs and know about one another. And, if anything, fame is people trying to attain community on a mass scale, because when you become famous wherever you go people know about what you've done and what you're about to do.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I don't think you can ever get closer to the natural world, than just a man - as in mankind - in an ocean, just you and it. It's not about conquering the ocean, it's about working with it.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

We so love to stereotype people in this country - I can relate to that myself as I've experienced it. By taking on challenges over the years, I've tried to show people I'm not just some 'posh boy' and that there's far more to me.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

When I travel with my family it's important that we do stuff together. I'm not the sort to send my children off to a kids' club.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I got rounded up by the police in Quito as I didn't have my passport with me. I was in prison for a night, which was pretty frightening, made more so when one of my male companions started crying.

Ben Fogle
Ben Fogle

I can't even cook an egg. The only thing I can do well is baking bread. I love it and find it incredibly therapeutic.