Helen Skelton, 26

Blue Peter presenter. In 2009, she became another girl actually ever to complete the 78-mile
Namibia Ultra Marathon
and this also 12 months she
kayaked above 2,000 miles
regarding the Amazon for Sport cure. This lady has previously outdated the footballer
David Graham
possesses already been unmarried for 18 months.

Did you recognise him?

I got to the cafe first with his name was actually on record, therefore I had time for a cheeky Google. We knew who he was, but i am more of a football than a rugby fan. When he rocked upwards, I was thinking, “Hang on, I’m sure you against somewhere.” It turned-out we’ve got a buddy in common, therefore were once on a night out together. It had been truly funny – he actually said to me personally, “end up being honest, performed I check it out on with you?”


First impressions?

Christ, he is huge. He is huge – so broad! But in a great way. I managed to get something trapped within my eye the afternoon before and also the doctor mentioned We had to put on an eye area, but I took it off when he showed up. Therefore I had one gammy attention. James liked the plot – he’d it on more than I did.


Exactly what do you explore?

Canines – we have now both got them. Him located in Paris. We chatted loads – the waitress couldn’t get a word in.


Any embarrassing minutes?

Only once he questioned me basically’d Googled him! I mentioned some thing I’d read about him on line, there was no different way i possibly could have identified it. I think the guy secretly enjoyed it though.


Great table ways?

He swore significantly more than i prefer, but other than that, flawless.


Ideal thing about him?

We chuckled a large number. For a huge butch sporty man he’s surprisingly camp sometimes. He had my personal handbag on at some point. The guy wont worry about myself proclaiming that, because I found myself harming him regarding it and then he was actually enjoying it.


Did you embark on somewhere?

No, but we had been there until midnight, in which he fell myself down.


Marks off 10?

7. If he’d pledged much less, I’d have offered him a lot more.


Might you fulfill once again?

I’d like to. He’s fit, he made me laugh also it ended up being great banter. We kissed. I think when we had been throughout the exact same nation for over five minutes, we would just go and have a laugh. But he is off to Australian Continent and I also’m to Singapore. Perhaps we will rendezvous in Terminal 5.

Plays rugby for England and
Stade Français
. He has got been unmarried for eight months.

Do you recognise the lady?

No.


I decided to viewed her before, but i really couldn’t put the girl.


Very first thoughts?

A very pretty girl, and very funny. I got to ask her why she had hair addressing among the woman vision. She’d scraped her eyeball at work and was actually nervous I’d generate enjoyable of the girl, but I said, “Have a look, we play rugby for a full time income – the condition of my face. You’re lucky just to have a scratch.” I wore the plot in the future – We believed I appeared as if a James Bond villain.


What did you mention?

Ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, that which we performed, exactly what she is accomplished – kayaking the Amazon, basically fairly amazing. How to handle it and what not accomplish on an initial go out. All of our canines. Politics. If something, we’d a lot of to state together.


Any awkward moments?

No. i am one of those those who doesn’t enable anything to end up being as well shameful, and she ended up being the right supper friend. We had been the final folks in the restaurant – they were installing for morning meal around us all.


Good dining table manners?

Immaculate. She had been my best woman in a number of respects, because whatever she bought, she don’t finish, therefore she’d state, “would you like to eat this?” We ate mine and whatever she did not have – We got all the way through the eating plan.


Smartest thing about this lady?

Exactly how engaging she is. She is an extremely attractive girl, but she in addition had such to state for by herself. It had been among the best times I’ve been in quite a while in that respect.


Did you carry on someplace?

I got instruction 24 hours later, and so I performed the gentlemanly thing and dropped the woman residence. Performed we kiss? I might never ever hug and inform.


Marks from 10?

I would offer this lady a 9 as a dinner companion.


Could you meet once again?

Definitely. Demonstrably I’m off to Australia with The united kingdomt, and I also live in Paris, in terms of becoming a great individual, she was actually perfect.

Helen and James consumed at
Park Terrace Eatery
, The Royal Landscaping Resort, London W8