I sea kayaked in SW Scotland last year with Helen Skelton (Blue Peter, Morning TV etc) and being a similar size to my wife, she borrowed my wife’s spare sea kayak, paddle & buoyancy aid for the day.
She was filming ‘Coastal Adventures with Helen, Jules & JB’ and a few local sea paddlers were asked to join in on the day.
We were all sworn to secrecy until after the show had aired, but Helen and her entire team were brilliant fun and she was very down to earth, as well as being a very competent paddler. She launched away from the rest of the group and I was asked to walk along to her launch point with a member of the camera team, to assist with getting her set up. I got to spend a bit extra time with her and also saw a few bits of filming that didn’t make the programme.
