Volunteers from Guernsey’s ambulance service are planning to ‘drive’ a car from St Peter Port to Herm to raise money for the service’s marine ambulance, the Flying Christine III.
The team, from St John Ambulance, has been been preparing the car to make it seaworthy for the journey, which will recreate a similar challenge that took place 33 years ago.
Volunteer Operations Manager Gary Ward took part in the previous challenge – which took a car to Sark – and is leading this year’s trip.
He said crossing to Sark in 1993 was “quite pleasant, it took just over two hours and the car stood up well”.
“The Sark folk were extremely generous and towed us around the island behind a tractor,” he recalled.
Anyone wanting to donate can do so online or by sending a cheque made payable to ‘St John Ambulance and Rescue Service’.
Outdoor exhibition
St John is also marking its 90th anniverary with an outdoor exhibition at Candie Gardens.
The exhibition opens on 2 June and will feature historic photographs from the archives of both the service and Guernsey Museums.
A spokesperson said visitors would be able to trace the service’s journey “from its humble origins starting with one second-hand ambulance housed in a garage at a concrete works, to the large, comprehensive organisation the island relies on today”.
Matt Harvey, Senior Curator at Guernsey Museums, said: “The St John Ambulance &
Rescue Service has been a lifeline to islanders since 1936 on both land and sea.”
“I hope that the display will give visitors a deeper appreciation of their amazing work.”