Dan Walker confronts his fear of heights – and horses – in new TV travel show
ok.co.ukChannel 5 news presenter Dan Walker has scaled the perilous Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief and braved sparkly costumes and spray tans as a competitor on Strictly Come Dancing.
But he had to face his two worst fears while filming alongside his long-time pal Helen Skelton for their new travel series Dan & Helen’s Pennine Adventure.
The journalist and TV presenter, 46, is “mildly terrified” of horses, following an incident when he was a sports reporter. “I nearly got eaten by a Grand National winner, when I used to cover the event for the BBC,” he says. “I’m exaggerating slightly – Mon Mome swiped for my neck when I shoved a mic under his stable hand’s mouth after the race.” “So getting on a giant horse called Roger in North Yorkshire was a bit nerve-racking – but I loved it.
By the end of it me and Roger were mates. I’m going to send him a Christmas card – in fact, I might sack off Helen and do Dan & Roger’s Pennine Adventure next time around.” The new series has Dan and Helen exploring the Pennines from his home in Sheffield to her childhood home in Cumbria and meeting locals along the way.
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