To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.

If you sit in a bath of pineapple chunks, it can kill you. That's well documented.

A dog has got human eyes.

Me in a one-man tent crouching over carrier bag. It's not just the lowest point of the trip. It's the lowest point ever. In 38 years.

They do it in Thai restaurants in London. You ask for a drink, and it comes in a glass with loads of seaweed and pebbles in it like a scene from Finding Nemo.

The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.

Apparently you're not allowed to lick a toad's back.