A dozen or so Offshoot members undertook the two hour drive, thirty minute sea crossing and tricky disembarking to reach the Great Saltee Island on Saturday June 22nd. Thankfully, for once, warm and dry weather prevailed enabling all of us to take up the challenge of…

With muted sunshine and a full tide, rapidly receding, under a medley of clouds five members met in the car park at Skerries. We wandered the seashore waiting wistfully for the sun to light Rockabill and its lighthouse and the Colt Island. Coffee beckoned after which…

Well, the (not so) intrepid seven were driven north with some degree of trepidation and dread! We had a driver who spent much of the outbound trip regaling his (captive) audience with tales of terror and protest, of oppression and unrest. Anyway, we braved the border…