Just like yoga fan Debbie, I’m fit as a fiddle

I AM amused at the astonishment that, at 59, Strictly contestant Debbie McGee can do the splits. I’m almost 73 and far from sylphlike, but I can do downward dog with my heels on the floor (pictured), wide-legged stretch with my head on the floor and I can bring my chest to my thighs with straight legs standing or sitting. Though my genes are more Susan Calman than Debbie McGee, this is down to be fact I have practised yoga for 45 years and taught it for 22 years. Yoga has kept me supple — but has not helped in weight loss and I have never had legs like Debbie.