Deborah Rayner for Destination X UK season one / BBC
Age: 62
Occupation: Crime Writer
From: Lytham
How did you prepare yourself mentally and physically to take part?
“I’ve been rubbish. I started looking at places but then just think about holidaying there. I like quizzes and puzzles but get most of my education from Pointless!”
How far would you go to win the £100k?
“A wins got to be a genuine win. I’m not interested in pushing somebody down in order to get a bit a bit further.”
What assumptions will other players make about you?
“I like a laugh and I’ve always used my humour to get out of a lot of trouble so they’ll probably think I’m a bit ditzy, a bit of an airhead. That’s fine, I’ll play into that. It might get me another couple of stops further on.”
Do you have a strategy for how you are going to play the game?
“Not a clue, not a Scooby Doo. Look once, look twice, look three times as things will be hidden in plain sight. We’ll go from being sensory deprived to then all of a sudden being able to see stuff. But you’ve got to not just see it, you’ve got to really look at it. You’re not on your holidays, it’s a game, and you’ve got to keep your wits about you.”
Destination X continues Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One.
