The Fanzini Brothers
Kerry's favourite Italians Ronaldo & Guido
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Tory Trip
This was truly an epic one partly due to the remoteness of the venue for this gig namely Tory Island which is off the coast of Donegal by about several miles.
We left in fair weather and light winds and took off on the roads of the west coast up through the towns of Sligo and Galway. This trip was also the first outing for the fanzini brothers new iphones one each our new toys. I am firmly convinced that the iphone is the pinnacle of technology in the modern age why? because it has everything internet, gps, text, phone, music palyer and all manner of accesories that you can download for this device.
On arriaval on the island we were met by the Tory dolphin Dougie and the king of the island who met us and indeed greets everybody of the boat.
Tory is a beautiful but very remote place population 200 during the summer and down to 140 ish in the winter. I imagine that the island could indeed be a bleak spot during the winter but when we saw the place it was majestically beautiful. During our stay Ronaldo and i took a walk from one end of the island to the other and unfortunatly for us while at the latter end of the island it started to rain and a rainy rain it did rain.
Images of Tory
Lacking shelter we got soaked and but we still had a lovely time exploring all that the island had to offer much of this was related in one way or another to the stories of Balor.
The island is also home to a thriving colony of corncrakes and i was privelaged to hear this bird craking while on the island. We were also hosted on the island in the local guest house which provided warmth and shelter in ample amounts. To sum the trip up. Lovely spot. Great people. Lunatics. And would go back in a flash.
Roanldo promotes a new fashion trend called bright colourful ridiculous langer casual.
We left in fair weather and light winds and took off on the roads of the west coast up through the towns of Sligo and Galway. This trip was also the first outing for the fanzini brothers new iphones one each our new toys. I am firmly convinced that the iphone is the pinnacle of technology in the modern age why? because it has everything internet, gps, text, phone, music palyer and all manner of accesories that you can download for this device.
Our journey went quite well particularly when we stopped for a sojourn in Bundoran to check of one of the more famous surf spots in the country the peak in Bundoran there were several brave surfers out we did not have our boards so we could not join them but we will be back and hopefully on a surfari. So we get back into the van and on we went happily or that is happily until we went off the beaten track beyond the beautiful town of Donegal and on to the N56.A road so twisted and windy that we both got dizzy and disorientated before we reached the quay at Magherorty. 
Ronaldo yields.
Ronaldo yields.Magherorty a beautiful spot indeed as the photos show.
Magherorty.
We waited for the boat to pull in and proceeded to load our stuff onto the boat for the journey out to the island. Now the weather was fairly lively and there began the fanzini brothers tory island sponsored vomit watch. Now due to the roughness of the crossing there were several winners in this competition but the overall prize had to go the the members of the (as we later found out) members of the Celtic Rock band Face the West who organised a band retch with several members of the band failing to find their sea legs.
Magherorty.On arriaval on the island we were met by the Tory dolphin Dougie and the king of the island who met us and indeed greets everybody of the boat.
Tory is a beautiful but very remote place population 200 during the summer and down to 140 ish in the winter. I imagine that the island could indeed be a bleak spot during the winter but when we saw the place it was majestically beautiful. During our stay Ronaldo and i took a walk from one end of the island to the other and unfortunatly for us while at the latter end of the island it started to rain and a rainy rain it did rain.
Images of ToryLacking shelter we got soaked and but we still had a lovely time exploring all that the island had to offer much of this was related in one way or another to the stories of Balor.
The island is also home to a thriving colony of corncrakes and i was privelaged to hear this bird craking while on the island. We were also hosted on the island in the local guest house which provided warmth and shelter in ample amounts. To sum the trip up. Lovely spot. Great people. Lunatics. And would go back in a flash.
Roanldo promotes a new fashion trend called bright colourful ridiculous langer casual.
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