'I was fishing in Hormuz when war broke out'
BBCA fisherman from Sark has recalled the "strange feeling" of being caught up in the conflict in the Middle East.
Christopher Kennedy-Barnard was out at sea in the Strait of Hormuz on a 10-day fishing trip in Abu Dhabi when the war broke out on 28 February.
On the first day of the US-Israel conflict with Iran, he said he had a "great day fishing", two hours from land and had no idea of what was happening until his return when he saw missiles in the sky.
Kennedy-Barnard said there "was immediately a feeling of trepidation" of "where this is going to go".
He said while out fishing "you could have been forgiven thinking everything was right in the world that day".
Upon his return to dry land he said he received his "first missile warning via text message", which was followed by "loud bangs a couple of minutes later".
The Sark man was in the Middle East for a month and like many others was stranded there, unable to get home after two cancelled flights.
He returned to the island after he caught a flight home from Muscat, Oman.
'Got used to it'
He said he received "three warnings a day roughly telling people to head for cover".
"People in the UAE are defiant and want to get on with their lives - they want the war over but won't let it impact them too much," he said.
"It's a strange feeling to be somewhere like that."
Kennedy-Barnard said he was not "particularly bothered" and "got used to it" but added that he had "more abstract thoughts than you would normally have".
"It does make you feel a little bit mortal."
Kennedy-Barnard said he was more concerned about other people rather than himself.
He said: "People with children were very stressed about it - what do you tell them?
"This conflict is stealing their innocence."
He said war also had a "big strain" on the area's retail sector.
With ceasefire talks underway between the US and Iran, Kennedy-Barnard said he was "relieved for the people out that there could be an end in sight of this conflict".
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