Road trip! Strictly Come Dancing girls go on tour
"I'm finally going to be able to experience what Pete has been doing all these years," says the impossibly gorgeous Abbey Clancy, aka Mrs Peter Crouch, curled up on one of the wooden benches in the rehearsal room.
"Travelling around the country, performing in front of live crowds of thousands of people, I'm really excited.
"Mainly though I'm loving the tour because it keeps Strictly going. It's such a great bunch of people and Alijaz is both a great teacher and a lovely person and I don't want any of it to end.
"I don't know what I'll do when the new series starts, I want to do it all over again. In fact, I might tell all the celebrities out there that it's awful so no one will sign up for it and the producers will have to get me back.
"At least I've got the trophy to keep me company though when everything does goes back to normal and I have to go back to the real world."
Abbey has been in training for the live tour for a fortnight along with fellow stars Natalie Gumede, Susanna Reid, Mark Benton, Ben Cohen and Deborah Meaden. Aside from the Class of 2013, Lisa Riley and Nicky Byrne are also on board.
