In The Absence Of Fear There Is

When I'm Travelling, I Always Take My Little Notebook And Scribble Things Down As I Watch Them; I'm Very Much Geared To Everything That's Happening. Whereas, The Diary I Keep Is Just About A Record Of A Day I've Spent. When I'm Filming, I'm Looking Quite Intensely At Everything I See And Trying To Get My Own Eye On What We're Going Through.

There Is Nothing Better Than Playing A Scene With John Cleese Or Maggie Smith. It's Electric. But I Don't Think I'm The Sort Of Person Who Needs To Have An Outer Ego In Order To Produce Something. I Realised That Through The Travel Programmes.

Once The Travel Bug Bites There Is No Known Antidote, And I Know That I Shall Be Happily Infected Until The End Of My Life

I Always Wanted To Be An Explorer, But - It Seemed I Was Doomed To Be Nothing More Than A Very Silly Person.

John Hall, My Geography Teacher At School Inspired Me To A Lifelong Interest In Geography And A Curiosity About Our World Which Has Stayed With Me Through My Life. Geography Is A Living, Breathing Subject, Constantly Adapting Itself To Change. It Is Dynamic And Relevant. For Me Geography Is A Great Adventure With A Purpose.