Helen Skelton braced herself to go from the sequin and sparkle of the Strictly Come Dancing tour to the much less glamorous but very important job of doing the school run on Monday.
A month on from being beaten to the Glitterball trophy in the Strictly final, as Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal triumphed, former Blue Peter presenter Helen has joined the new champions and many other stars from the BBC show on its annual tour. It kicked off in Birmingham on Friday night and, having had the 'weird' process of switching partner from Gorka Marquez to Kai Widdrington; Helen had the dream start to tour life as she and Kai won the audience vote on night one.
The result was lapped up by fans who were in the audience at the Utilita Arena and those on social media, with many declaring it 'justice' for Helen and Gorka not winning the final in December. There were five shows in Birmingham, before the Strictly tour made the move to Nottingham and, after a win for Hamza and Jowita and two for Will Mellor and Nancy Xu, Helen and Kai won again on Sunday night.
