Nudity not a worry to wildlife presenter T
V presenter and writer, Kate Humble, 48, is known for her roles on wildlife shows such as Springwatch and Lambing Live, and has travelled the world for a host of travel documentaries.
She runs a farm in the Wye Valley, Wales with her husband, TV producer and director, Ludo Graham, 56, and their three dogs. These are the things that make her tick ...
“I’ve always been a very restless individual and wanted to be a nomad when I was a child. I love what travel and movement and new places and experiences does for my psyche, and it’s essential to me so that I’m liveable with.
“Luckily, my husband understands that. In my 20-year TV career I’ve been to some wonderful, far-flung places. I love getting away from it all, and we live in the back of beyond, but every so often Ludo and I have need for a quick fix of city life and we go on long weekends walking
“I’m actually not a nudist, but sometimes I feel compelled to take my clothes off and have a nudie dance – not for anyone else, I do it on my own. It’s my way of connecting with nature.
“We have a little shack in France by a lake and I hardly ever wear clothes when we’re there, and I swim naked.”
On her health, Kate says: “I’m probably fitter than I’ve ever been. Weekly muscle strength training sessions with a personal trainer, which I started in January, have transformed me. I do two hours of weights, core building, repetitions of pull-ups and lunges.
“I cherish my good health because my job’s very physical and I need to stay fit for it. If I haven’t run 10 kilometres with my dogs and clocked up 20,000 steps in a day, I feel I’ve been pretty inactive.
“I eat fresh home-cooked food, lots of fruit and vegetables and don’t drink much alcohol. I have intermittent insomnia, not helped by travelling to different time zones and working funny hours, but these days I don’t stress about it. I just read a book or go for a run with the dogs in the early hours.” Former Springwatch presenter, Kate Humble’s known for her love of nature and travelling. She tells Gabrielle Fagan about loving ageing, stripping off and staying fit ...