IT TAKES US LONGER TO GET UP THESE DAYS!

Quite astonishingly, given that they are both approaching pension age, Torvill and Dean still train. They have to be in tiptop shape physically to dance on ITV’S Dancing On Ice (which is all set for a return in the New Year), and they trained for the Alaska trip. Does getting older not make them more fearful on the ice, more aware of their physical limitations? ‘Yes, absolutely. You feel it more. As you get older, falls, muscle tears, things like that, are worse,’ says Chris. ‘They take longer to heal, so you try to avoid injury.’ That’s not always possible though. Jayne relates the story of falling on top of Chris just a few weeks back. ‘We had earbuds in and one of mine fell out. What were the chances of him hitting it? Tiny, but he did and fell, and I went on top of him.’

‘It takes us longer to get up these days too,’ jokes Chris. ‘When you’re young you just bounce back up!’