Soldier, dispenser, mortician, army officer, market trader, playwright, songwriter, partially deaf, arthritic bongo player and born again cyclist! These are just some of the words that have been used to describe Peter Redmond, a man who has led a hugely colourful life and now travels around the country giving entertaining and illustrated talks.

Whether as an after-dinner speaker or guest at clubs and societies, Peter's unique take on life has meant that he is in high demand. His talks have been described as "a witty dialogue of anecdotes that kept his audience in stitches" but the written word cannot do justice to the tales that he has to tell, as his performance has the audience enthralled.

Since retiring, in 1995, Peter has cycled from Amman to Aqaba in Jordan, and Havana to Trinidad in Cuba, both rides being in aid of the National Deaf Children's Society for which he raised over £5,500 through sponsorship. He still supports children with hearing loss as his fund raising is now directed to St John's School for the Deaf in The Gambia and a Gambian nursery school.

His travels in Southern Africa with older cousin Sybil Mills, have found him funding the provision of water to a village in Zimbabwe (thus enabling a family to start a chicken farm) and being in the Kalahari Desert at Easter 2005, when a year's rainfall fell in six hours, causing flooding, 5 days of isolation and loss of communication with the outside world! And he only went to photograph wild life!

Talks such as Geriatric On A Bike in Jordan and Cuba (separate talks) and Geriatrics Wandering Abroad last between 40 and 75 minutes, with the opportunity for questions, with some Q&A sessions bringing up some very unusual topics!

Requirements: 13amp power point, table. Provides own projector and screen. Fee negotiable.

Find out how to contact Peter or read some reviews.