Explorer Steve Backshall is taking his wife Helen Glover on a romantic trip to Scotland - climbing hills

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For his first romantic trip away without the kids, Steve ­Backshall knew where to take wife Helen Glover – Scotland.The 48-year-old explorer and ­naturalist and his two-time Olympic champion rower wife will leave their three kids for the first time this week for a Valentine's break in Fort William.It will be a chance to return to the country where he met a friendly seal and swam with glowing sharks, and the big softy is treating Helen to a trip on the ­Caledonian Sleeper.While couples may dream of cosy nights by the fire, this pair will enjoy their break from kids Logan, three, and two-year old twins Kit and Willow by hitting the mountains.He said: “For me the Caledonian Sleeper is one of the great romantic journeys in the world.“Helen has never done it before.

It’s our first trip leaving all three babies behind. I’m super-excited.”“There’s going to be a big dump of snow this week and then it’s going to be really cold.

Our goal was to do some mountaineering around Fort William. But who knows if that will be possible.”It’s been an amazing rollercoaster for the Deadly 60 presenter who explores the unknown corners of the world for his TV shows – swimming with crocodiles or nearly dying while kayaking in Bhutan, or attempting to be the first to climb a mountain face in Venezuela.Since meeting Helen, 35, at a Sport Relief event in 2014 and marrying her two years later they’ve had Logan, three, whose twin didn’t survive, and Willow and Kit, two, who were born during the January 2020 lockdown.The family live by the Thames in Berkshire but get away as often as they can to Cornwall, where Helen is from.This summer Steve hopes to bring the family to Scotland for their first holiday in a country he thinks is among the very best on