Everywhere we walked we got plenty of attention due to the camera and sound men. The locals love to get on camera. [...] I'd seen footage of Gandhi surrounded like this and always thought it was because he was very popular, but now I wonder if it was just because he had a camera crew with him.

I don't really like surprises. Not big ones anyway. Just having a pack of Revels holds enough of a surprise for me.

Shitty nappy whizzing through the air, you don't see that in the brochures.

By 78 you've done everything you're going to do. If you haven't bungee-jumped by the time you're 78 you're not going to do it.

But I'm not an idiot. At the end of the day, I've learned a lot.

I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.

I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they are just giant boulders balanced on top of each other, like a massive game of Jenga that has got out of hand.