I had posted that here years ago and looked for it but couldn't remember where it was. I spelled Rannulph wrong too-only one "n" in Ranulph. The quote is also on the net as an old Norwegian saying, so maybe he heard it at some time. It is often said as "There is no bad weather, only bad clothing."

I saw Fiennes in 1985 give a talk about his round the world trip. He is quite an adventurer. There is a good article on him in Wikipedia.