Monty Hall's Roundstone

Durnish

Anybody watching this?The place looks lovely. I have a book translated from Irish, the Shores of Connemara, which tells all about the place a hundred years ago. Hall does go on about whales and sharks a bit much, tho'. The hog roast looked great.

snowstreams

Yeah its a good program. Ive been out to Roundstone quite a few times. Lovely place alright. There are some lovely beaches out there too, dogs bay & gurteen bay.
He is working for the Irish whale and dolphin group, so thats probably why he concentrates on the whales and sharks.

fryup

what a great series (bord failte must be delighted)

and what a lovely chap Monty is, absolute gent

magicbastarder

bord failte must be rubbing their hands in glee over this; if they had any sense, they'd secure the rights for RTE too.

slyclone

Don't believe this novice oarsman could row 24 miles from inish mor to roundstone,probably left aran in a curragh and arrived in roundstone in one some hours later,its the piece inbetween i have trouble with. Otherwise a very enjoyable program.

Durnish

I didn't think it was a proper curragh.
I reckon he did the journey tho'. No doubt about it.

slyclone

it was definately a proper curragh,just a novice oarsman,it would take someone with years of experience to do this.

ronman

brilliant show, montys a legend, has a real gift of making u interested in what he is doing even when its the most simple stuff but not obsessed with talking about himself like most irish presenters doing wildlife shows. he is a former royal marine and is build like a tank, theres no doubt in my nind that he did the full trek. great series sad that its over.

whyulittle

magicbastarder wrote: »

bord failte must be rubbing their hands in glee over this; if they had any sense, they'd secure the rights for RTE too.

RTE 2 tonight at 17:50.

fryup

slyclone wrote: »

it was definately a proper curragh,just a novice oarsman,it would take someone with years of experience to do this.

he did do it, he got help along the way there were locals guiding him

Jim Martin

http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1119459

pakalasa

I went swimming with that dolphin "Dusty" in Fanore a few years back. She (or he) tried to push a young girl under the water. Terrified her. We all had snorkling gear and were diving down under the water. The young girl was staying at the top but the dpplphin tried to jump up on her and push her down under. It didn't look like she was trying to hurt her. She wasn't aggressive or anything, but she could have drowned the girl.
So yes, wild dolphins are dangerous..

Great programme. Is the weather that good in Mayo / Galway.:D

trebor28

cant believe he didnt know the difference between a rook and a jackdaw!

magicbastarder

pakalasa wrote: »

Great programme. Is the weather that good in Mayo / Galway.:D

unsurprisingly, it was filmed in summer 2010, not 2011.

ThelotusKid

There is something very genuine about the host of this show - really refreshing.