15 June 100 years ago, Captain Robert Falcon Scott sailed from Cardiff heading south to become the first person to reach the south pole. "and to secure for the British Empire the honour of this achievement". He travelled on a boat know to many, the Terra Nova. The ill fated expedition ended in tragedy with Scott and all his team dying on their way back from the pole. As well as this tragedy they had also been beaten by a Norwegian group who 33 days earlier had got to the South Pole.

And this seems to be a perfect place to introduce our evening with Sir Ranulph Fiennes. With the 100 year anniversary of Scott's expedition we attended the opening lecture by Ranulph Fiennes at Cardiff University. The event was packed and it was really interesting to see the different type of people that went to hear him speak. For me it was the just casual way of how he described his adventures that blew my mind. Really really inspiring. Thank you to Cardiff University for putting it on.