98 Quotes by Ben Fogle

I had a short run as the presenter of 'Cash in the Attic'. It's a very popular show but didn't really suit me.

I remembered reading about a disease called Leishmaniasis, which matched my symptoms. I'd always thought it was an old wives' tale - a sand fly bite that eats your flesh. But when I looked on the internet and saw pictures of people who had it, their lesions looked like mine.

I find 'EastEnders' so utterly bleak.

I'm the son of a vet and grew up with golden retrievers. Dogs have always loomed large in our lives but labradors have the nicest personalities: kind, loyal and caring.

I'm acutely aware of the environment but I'm far from perfect - I love Land Rovers and fly too much.

When I reached the summit of Everest, I scooped some ice into my drinking bottle as I'd run out of water and hoped it would melt. After I got back to base camp, I decided to keep it, so I had a special bottle made with an inscription - it's my lucky water.

We're a much more touchy-feely, hands-on generation than our fathers but juggling work, family and social life and trying to be romantic and keep yourself fit is really hard. I want to be the perfect dad but you can't be the perfect dad unless you compromise elsewhere.

London really is my city; I was born within a breath of Marble Arch.

I'd be quite happy if cars were banned from central London. Why are we not using little tuk-tuks rather than big black cabs?