Col wrote:

Then Sir Ranolph Finnes chipped in by suggesting that the elderly wear
a hat. Well thank you Sir Ranolph.....

I was going to make wise crack, but I must show some respect....

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Ranulph Fiennes was born in 1944 and educated at Eton. He served with
the Royal Scots Greys for a time before joining the SAS. In 1968 he
joined the Army of the Sultan of Oman and in 1970 he was awarded the
Sultan's Bravery Medal. Since 1969, when he led the British Expedition
on the White Nile, Ranulph Fiennes has been at the forefront of many
exploratory expeditions. Dubbed the 'World's Greatest Living Explorer'
by the Guinness Book of Records, his expeditions around the world
include Transglobe, the first surface journey made around the world's
polar axis, which took over two years to complete; several unsupported
North Polar Expeditions; and the unassisted crossing of the Antarctic
Continent, which also raised a great deal of money for charity. In 1993
Sir Ranulph Fiennes was awarded an OBE for 'human endeavour and
charitable services'.

Ranulph Fiennes is the author of several books including A Talent for
Trouble, Where Soldiers Fear to Tread, Hell on Ice, To the Ends of the
Earth (written with his wife Virginia), his autobiography: Living
Dangerously and Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic
Continent. His number one bestseller, The Feather Men, is also published
in Signet.
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I can only think he was being sarcastic with the hat remark g

My Wife put me straight about his credentials.
--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
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