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World renowned explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes made a short visit to the island this weekend, as the guest of the Rotary Club of Guernsey.
He was speaking at an event at St James on Friday 13 April, marking the organisation's Charter Night - which was held at the assembly hall to also mark its bi-centenary.
Rotary Chair Simon Misted said he was really pleased on two counts to welcome Sir Ranulph back to the island following a previous visit in 2013:
"Firstly that we are returning to St James to hold our celebration Charter Dinner. St James is celebrating its bi-centenial anniversary in 2018 so I felt it was particularly fitting to take our annual dinner back there in support of this much loved venue in the heart of the Guernsey community .
"Equally exciting is that we will be joined by Sir Ranulph Fiennes as our after dinner speaker. Ranulph is known to me from my former life in Somerset. He is a truly inspirational individual, ranked by The Guinness Book of Records as "the World’s greatest living explorer". I can guarantee he will deliver an enthralling presentation following our Dinner.”
Speaking to Express, Sir Ranulph seemed unfazed by that title and discussing his numerous expeditions he said he has more planned, but he wouldn't elaborate on what, explaining that competition is rife in exploration circles.
Pictured: Sir Ranulph Fiennes speaking to Express Editor, Laura Clayton
"There is, but we have learned not to talk about it" he said, "otherwise the Norwegians will do it first."
He told Express that while lectures keep him busy for most of the year, and he aims to write a book every other year, it is those planned expeditions which keep him going: "I would not like to not have something in the offing, but I'm now letting the other group get the money; if they don't get the money there won't be an expedition. I look forward to actually doing it, but not that stuff."
Pictured: Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Image courtesy of National Geographic
All other images by Duncan Wilkinson, Bailiwick Express
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