Far, far away

The Skellig islands are a long way from shore. A very bouncy boat ride will get you there in about an hour.

Younger souls, stronger than I, will disembark and climb the 632 steps to the top where St. Brendan the Navigator and his men braved the elements to get away from it all.

The smaller of the islands has about 20,000 pairs of gannets. Their eggs are strangely shaped so they will not roll off into the Atlantic Ocean.