Dragons Den star Sara Davies says her family couldn't afford to go on holiday

County Durham-born entrepreneur Sara Davies revealed that her family couldn't afford to go on holidays abroad when she was growing up, so they would opt for North East staycations instead.

Speaking to Robson Green on tonight's instalment of his BBC2 hit show Weekend Escapes, the 38-year-old detailed what life was like growing up in the region, dubbing County Durham and its surrounding areas 'beautiful'.

Although she may be worth millions today, the Dragon's Den entrepreneur started off by talking about how the luxuries she can now enjoy haven't always been there.

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Robson asked: "So when you were growing up, did you do the staycations or did you do the package holidays?" to which Sara replied: "So when I was younger we couldn't have afforded to go abroad.

"My dad had a transport company, so he had three or four vans - and every summer, what would happen is one of the vans would get to the end of its working life. It'll have done its 200,000 miles or whatever.

"So my dad would spend that winter getting an old caravan from the tip, and he'd retrofit the caravan into the van. And then all of the next summer we would holiday in the camper van that my dad had built. And I just think its those life experiences that made me the person I am."

Sara also spoke of how she wants her children to have the same experiences while they grow up as she did, to hopefully help mould them in the same way. She added: "And just because I can afford to take my kids on amazing holidays, doesn't mean I want to do that.

"Because I want them to grow up with the same values that I grew up with."

She continued: "The North East is beautiful. And do you know what? I'm so pleased you've done this show so that we get to show the rest of the country how beautiful it is."

Robson Green's Weekend Escapes airs at 6.30pm on BBC each weeknight.
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