Lorraine Kelly reveals 'foolish' mistake she made on Antarctica trip...

Lorraine Kelly has revealed her "foolish" mistake she made on her trip to Antarctica.

Kelly said she tried to prepare herself for the chilling temperatures both in and out of the water when she went cold water swimming for the first time in the south pole.

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The Scottish TV presenter said she undressed so quickly that she whipped her clothing off inside out, and was so cold when she emerged from the water that she couldn't sort it out to put it back on.

She ended up shivering as icicles began to form on her.

The sofa-queen, 64, features cold water swimming in her new novel since converting to participating in the craze in the UK.

She revealed: "Very foolishly, the first time I ever did it - Antarctica. I do not recommend this, I think this was quite silly.

"We were doing this fantastic trip to Antarctica, we were following in the footsteps of Ernest Shackleton, who's my absolute hero - I just love him. I was like a child, I was like a toddler.

"So when they stopped at Deception Island, they said 'Look, if you want to, you can go in'.

"And I'd put my swimming costume on ready.

"But I took all my clothes off really fast, and left them on the beach and ran in. I kept my hat on and my gloves, ran in, very quickly ran out again.

"And I couldn't feel anything at all. So I couldn't put my clothes back on, because they were all inside out."

Kelly, 64, added: "I had to go back to the wee boat, and I could see the ice forming on the hairs of my arms.

"But do you know what, I've never felt more alive in my life."

She said she has continued doing the activity for a multiple of reasons.

Speaking on Radio 4, she continued: "I do it in Orkney, the water up there is beautiful. I did in the Thames, but the Thames is a sort of greeny brown, and I don't even want to think about what's in the Thames, so I don't do that any more.

"I do the crystal clear waters of Orkney, or up in The Highlands.

"You just feel more alive, and it's really good for your mental health as well. You actually do feel better, and the bonding with this.

"It's usually women, but I know men have groups as well, and there's mixed groups, but you have the most profound conversations when you're out of the water and you're sitting drying off, and you're having a coffee.

"If you want to put whisky in your coffee that's good, and having a big cake, because you must, it really breaks down barriers.

"You're all in it together, and there's that sense of being together. We've lost that somehow a little bit, so it's good to get that back."