Homes Under The Hammer’s Martel Maxwell heeds Martin Roberts’ warning after hospital dash

Homes Under The Hammer’s Martel Maxwell has heeded her co-star Martin Robert’s advice after his hospital dash last month. The BBC presenter, 45, took to social media to tell how she had taken the time to slow down recently after hearing about her co-star’s health scare.

In view of her 12,000 followers, Martel told how she had taken time out of her day to appreciate the small things.

She wrote: “Sometimes you’ve got to stop and smell the flowers (@TVMartinRoberts recently said) and so, I did.

“I stopped, looked and learned.

“#BylandAbbey dates from the 12th century, inhabited by 100 or so monks until Henry VIII’s reign.

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“It’s a week on now, over a week on, I’m not playing the ‘what if’ game, but I guess you’ve got to stop that and just be thankful.

“And I am eternally thankful for the care I got from the healthcare staff, the support I got from you and those around me.

“You count your lucky stars,” he confessed.

The star continued: “I call this ‘wear sunscreen’, because there was a song, it wasn’t a song, it was a strange talky thing years ago and it just talks about all the things we worry about in life and it’s never that that gets us.