A Bake Off star has been speaking about her adventures in the Cotswold.

Celebrity chef, and Moreton resident, has revealed she enjoys nothing more than going on a pub-crawl round the Cotswolds, by motorbike.

The 82-year-old married husband John Playfair in 2016 and the pair frequently head out on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

She said: “His children call it his mobility scooter because it has two wheels at the back, so it can’t turn over – but I love it!

“We go pub-crawling around the Cotswolds, I do the drinking because I’m on the back, and it’s the loveliest.”

The revelation comes ahead of a new series of The Great British Bake Off.

Leith joined the show as a judge in 2017, having previously appeared as a judge on Great British Menu.

Speaking to Good Housekeeping magazine, Leith said it was “wonderful” that people still wanted her to work.

“It’s extraordinary,” she said.

“I thought I’d be under the sod by the time I was 82.

“It’s wonderful that people still want to employ me and people are still interested in me.

“But what I’m most pleased about is that I still have the energy and enthusiasm to do it all.”

The South Africa-born chef joined the popular baking competition show after it moved from BBC One to Channel 4, following in the footsteps of Dame Mary Berry.

Speaking about juggling her career while raising two children, Leith added: “When I had my first child, Daniel, I took four months off and I loved it.

“I thought, ‘This is wonderful, I never want to go back.’ Four months in, with my baby as my sole companion, I suddenly thought, ‘This is not the life I want to live at all. I have to go back.’

“You have to do what’s right for you, but it doesn’t come without some feeling that you’ve not got it quite right because you’re making trade-offs all the time.”