Richard Hammond Had To Cuddle Up To Clarkson To Stay Warm During Namibia Special

It always seems to be Hammond, doesn't it? Jet car crash? That was Hammond. Rimac? Yep, that was Hammond. Nearly dying from the cold and unpredictability of Namibian sand dunes? Also Hammond. He talked to the Mirror about it.

According to Hammond, they wouldn't meet their timings and they would end up having to sleep beneath their buggies to keep themselves sheltered. It even got to the point where Hammond had to cuddle up with the mighty orangutan, Clarkson, to share body heat. Now that is a scary thought! I take it James May decided against that.

He said this in the interview:

“We never made it to our allocated sleep points, wherever those were. We slept under our buggies for a few nights. It got so cold I slept with socks on my hands.

"Don’t even mention snuggling up with Jeremy to keep warm. The very thought makes me feel a bit sick.”

If you've watched the Namibia special, you'll remember how scary those sheer drops looked. Even from the sofa of your living room. Hammond talks about this in the interview, too.

“When you’re surrounded by sand, the landscape blends into one. And while a dune might look gentle going up, you don’t know what’s over the top. You do have to be very careful. Those dunes can surprise you.

Unluckily for me, in what had to be the biggest disaster of the two-part special, the other side of one dune was a sheer drop. You’ll have to watch to see what actually happens, but it’s safe to say that I had a lucky escape.”

...Question of the day...

Would you cuddle up to Jeremy Clarkson to stay warm? Let me know in the comments below!