Ben FogleBen FogleOutdoorsy type Ben Fogle, who made his name toughing it out for a year on a Scottish island for Castaway, has decided to take on a new challenge. 

He's going to enter the 2,535-nautical mile Atlantic Rowing Race - despite having no rowing experience.

The record for the gruelling two-man event currently stands at 40 days and Ben's even going to have a go at beating it. 

Ben, 30, admits he was "so rubbish" at rowing at school that he quit the sport and has had no further involvement for the past 15 years. 

But it shouldn't be too tough for the fit fella to train - Ben ran a 150-mile marathon across the Sahara last year. 

The Atlantic Rowing Race, which starts in November, goes from the Canary Islands to the West Indies. 

"It's a very strange thing to do but, believe it or not, I have always wanted
to cross the Atlantic, whether on a yacht or a larger ship," Ben said. 

Ben has presented Animal Park and One Man And His Dog and dated Big Brother's Vanessa for a few months last year after she announced on the show that she fancied him. 

He plans to donate some of the money he raised to the tsunami appeal. 

"I am doing an ocean event so it makes sense to put something back," he said.