Tom Crean. RTE1 now

[Aidan1150]

Charlie Bird on the trail of Tom Crean starts on RTE1 now. Should be worth a watch.

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Fantastic, we really enjoyed that

I seem to remember talk about a run to his pub, can't remember who suggested it though

 

[Aidan1150]

I remember that right enough. Wasn't there to be a run from the North Pole pub in Donegal to the South Pole Inn in Anascaul?

We stopped at the pub last October on the Killarney weekend Brian but unfortunately were there before opening time.

Got this book, which is highly recommended, on e-Bay at the weekend for £3. Hopefully it will arrive in the next few days and I can get stuck into it.

What a great Irishman.

 

[Kamikaze]

If you get the chance to see the one man show "Tom Crean - Antartic Explorer" by Aidan Dooley, go. Excellent show, even if you had no interest in the man.
Not sure if it's still touring, though.

 

[Ropey]

If you get the chance to see the one man show "Tom Crean - Antartic Explorer" by Aidan Dooley, go. Excellent show, even if you had no interest in the man.
Not sure if it's still touring, though.

+1... great show..

Thanks for the tip Aidan, will try to pick up a copy of the book

 

[GSDGS]

One Man Show

Aidan Dooley's award-winning one-man show "Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer"

If you ever get the chance don't miss this
spellbinding no documentary or book can live with it.

You believe you are there listening to Tom tell the tale !

 

[Aidan1150]

If you get the chance to see the one man show "Tom Crean - Antartic Explorer" by Aidan Dooley, go. Excellent show, even if you had no interest in the man.
Not sure if it's still touring, though.

Jochen and I went to see it in Dublin last year. A great show as you say Jim but unfortunately Aidan Dooley is touring a new show "O'Sullivan Beara" at the moment so feck knows when he will tour Crean again. I'll go again when he does though.

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Found it

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=215457&highlight=north+pole+south

 

[Aidan1150]

I seem to remember talk about a run to his pub, can't remember who suggested it though

Found it

Brendy is gonna feckin love you Brian.

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Brendy is gonna feckin love you Brian.

I know

 

[bogman]

Class show, took a one month trip to Antarctic via Ushuaia & South Georgia over 2 years ago, trip of a lifetime, brought it all back

Best shots of that trip here
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40252&id=1074276521

Fancy doing something like what Charlie Byrd did
http://www.discover-the-world.co.uk/en/holidays/antarctica/south-pole-adventure/itinerary.html
You will have to get to Ushuaia first and that will cost about 1500€

Tom Crean lake

An awful lot of King penguin chicks

Cranky Elephant seal we disturbed

Beautiful scenery, Gerry was there year before if im right

Looking forward to the next episode

 

[davidgibson999]

I know

Hee hee

 

[bogman]

Great read, Shackleton, Crean, Tim McCarthy from Cork & 2 other crewmen sail the James Caird 800 miles to Grytviken in South Georgia to get help & rescue the crew from the Endurance who were holed up in Elephant island

Porters have it at the moment for under a fiver

 

[eclectic]

Aidan Dooley's award-winning one-man show "Tom Crean: Antarctic Explorer"

If you ever get the chance don't miss this
spellbinding no documentary or book can live with it.

You believe you are there listening to Tom tell the tale !

+1

 

[eclectic]

Great read, Shackleton, Crean, Tim McCarthy from Cork & 2 other crewmen sail the James Caird 800 miles to Grytviken in South Georgia to get help & rescue the crew from the Endurance who were holed up in Elephant island

Chris Smyth, a direct descendant of Ernest Shackleton, gave a talk at Horizons in Enniskillen last year. A great guy and a real gentleman. A worthy carrier of the Shackleton adventure gene!

 

[bogman]

When ye go to Kerry be sure to visit the South Pole Inn in Annascaul, fab memorabilia there, food including dinners is first class, Crean is buried in the neighbouring burial ground and as you enter its at the bottom right corner

 

[Ravenbyrne]

This may be of interest to some of you, particularly Brendy

http://www.tomcrean.com/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjgy1jikPZY

 

[Timolgra]

Antarctica

I was there for 2 1/2 years, happy days

 

[Ravenbyrne]

I was there for 2 1/2 years, happy days

Jeyus Tim.......... what kind of bike is that, looks like an Odyssey battery strapped up front

 

[bogman]

Part two on now