Club Outings
The now-annual pilgrimage to the Great Saltee Island is a firm favourite with Offshoot members. The Ferry operates daily from Kilmore Quay. However, it didn’t prove easy to arrange a single date with the capacity for everyone, so it was suggested that members...
Club Outings
The outing to June Blake’s Garden on 20th June was a success, with thirteen members enjoying perfect weather for photography. The early summer blooms and garden design provided ample photographic opportunities, from macro shots to garden landscapes. Members spent...
Club Outings
On Saturday, 7th June, 10 members travelled to Burnfoot in Donegal to visit Wild Ireland. The sanctuary was established several years ago by Killian McLoughlin to house animals that would have inhabited our woodlands in the past. All of the animals there have been...
Club Outings
On Tuesday 27th May, a very wet rainy day, five members met outside the library in UCD. Given the weather conditions, we had probably chosen the best place for an outing, as there are plenty of covered walkways and accessible buildings. Our first port of call was the...
Club Outings
On 24th May, in preparation for the next photo competition in Mono, the Outings Committee selected Dun Laoghaire as the venue for our outing on Saturday 24th May 2025 and we suggested members could change their camera’s setting to Monochrome to see what the image...
Club Outings
On Saturday, May 10th, 5 members attended the Club outing to the Black Castle in Wicklow. Two of these members were new and on their first outing. Lots of advice and local knowledge were shared amongst the members. The Black Castle and Wicklow Harbour close by can...