But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.

It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way - hence we shouldn't ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give - that's a much better benchmark.

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.

Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.

I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.