Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity star Sue Cleaver recalls her travel adventures

Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity star Sue Cleaver checks in to our travel Q and A

This week Coronation Street and I’m A Celebrity star Sue Cleaver checks in to our travel Q and A. 

She recounts a hellish cruise around the Mediterranean, reveals the highlight of her time in the I’m A Celebrity jungle and discusses her plans for a Scottish road trip. 

EARLIEST HOLIDAY MEMORY?

Staying on a farm outside Lyme Regis in our family caravan as a child. My brother and I would get up at 5am to help milk the cows and then bring back a jug of milk. I’d also walk up and down the Cob.

FIRST TRIP ABROAD?

Going on a solo summer holiday to Canada aged 14 to convalesce after having glandular fever. I stayed with a cousin in Ottawa and got to see Niagara Falls among other sights. It was a huge adventure.

Sue’s first trip abroad was to Canada aged 14, during which she got to see Niagara Falls (above)

HOLIDAY FROM HELL?

Going on a two-week cruise to the Mediterranean. We hit a terrific storm in the Bay of Biscay and I learned that I’m not one of life’s cruisers – I just felt trapped. Perhaps I simply picked the wrong cruise?

ARE YOU A GOOD FLYER?

I’m a great flyer when I get to go business class. I’ve reached that age where if the flight’s more than five hours long I want to turn left.

HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR TIME IN THE I’M A CELEB JUNGLE?

Waking to bizarre bird sounds that I’d never encountered before, and falling asleep to the sounds of the tree frogs, which I initially thought was Boy George meditating. It was deafening but lulled me to sleep.

A two-week Mediterranean cruise turned out to be Sue’s holiday from hell, as the vessel hit a terrific storm in the Bay of Biscay (pictured)

WORST I’M A CELEB MOMENTS?

Being gunged with entails and molasses, and bitten by green-head ants which really hurt. I never considered leaving though because I was having too much fun. Culinary-wise, I don’t’ recommend crocodile feet.

TOP TIP FOR FUTURE CONTESTANTS?

Smuggle in an extra pair of socks because they take days to dry. Check your boots for scorpions. And accept that you will have the company of wildlife in the dunny [loo].

FAVOURITE FOREIGN DESTINATION?

The Maldives for the chance to swim with whale sharks and manta rays; Botswana for the amazing wildlife; and Iceland with its geysers for an otherworldly experience.

Sue lists Botswana as one of her favourite foreign destinations, thanks to its ‘amazing wildlife’. Above are elephants in the country’s Moremi Game Reserve

MUST HAVE TRAVEL ACCESSORY?

A silk eye mask, noise cancelling headphones – and cosy lounge wear for a long haul flight.

WHERE NEXT?

A road trip to the west coast of Scotland.

DREAM DESTINATION?

The Galapagos Islands for their uniqueness, the fairy chimneys in Cappadocia, Turkey and Valentine Warner’s restaurant in Norway’s wild Lofoten Islands.

• Sue appears in Coronation Street on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings on ITV.