As the mercury hit 30 degrees on Thursday, the Strictly Come Dancing and Britain’s Got Talent star enjoyed a boat ride around the island’s coast with Jersey Style Awards organiser Dr Tessa Hartmann.

It wasn’t the dancer and songstress’s first trip to Jersey. She had previously headlined the Style Awards stage in 2018.

Not only was this week’s trip made memorable by the temperatures outstripping Mykonos and Saint Tropez, but for one of Dixon’s daughters, Anaya, it was the first time at sea. 

 
 
 
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Anaya’s first time on a boat today! She was mesmerised by the ocean!

A post shared by ALESHA DIXON (@aleshaofficial) onJul 30, 2020 at 1:47pm PDT

According to a post by the former member of noughties girl group Mis-Teeq, the little one was “mesmerised by the ocean”.

Her other daughter, Azura, set the star a swimming challenge, saying that she would only enter the sea if her mum did.

 
 
 
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A post shared by ALESHA DIXON (@aleshaofficial) onJul 31, 2020 at 7:22am PDT

“It took me 15 minutes of standing on the edge before I finally did and she never came in! It was like a plunge pool! #freezing and yes that’s my child screaming!” Dixon said of her experience diving into Jersey waters. 

In another post on Instagram, Hartmann wrote: “Fabulous day out at sea yesterday – we laughed, we danced and we swam!”

She added: “Gotta love this island, turquoise waters, white sands and sun. Blessed indeed. Great squad.”

Also enjoying the trip was Bethany Moore – the Jersey-born founder of fashion brand ‘Newer Than Now’, who recently joined the cast of Made in Chelsea

While in Jersey, Dixon stayed in The Cottage at Longueville Manor, for which she was full of praise at the end of her family trip.

“The staff are so kind and helpful, it feels like a home away from home,” she wrote on Instagram.

Pictured – top right: Alesha Dixon appearing at the Jersey Style Awards in 2018.