Helen Glover and Steve Backshall’s gorgeous riverside eco-house is full of natural wonders. There’s a massive painting of a lion on the living room wall, a collection of animal skulls on the breakfast bar and next to that, a fish tank full of tadpoles. Last night, Backshall reports, their children, Logan, three, and two-year-old twins Kit and Willow, squealed with delight when they noticed that some had sprouted legs.
“Their minds were blown,” says Backshall. “Hels and I were shrieking a bit too.”
Backshall is famous for presenting the popular Deadly 60 wildlife show. He’s swum with sharks and been bitten by piranhas. In 2019 a crocodile chewed on his right leg after he accidentally trod on it in Argentina. Surely his world is not
