Lighthouse Trust Boat Trip 2004  

On Wednesday 12th August 2004 the members of Donaghadee Rotary Club assembled on Donaghadee pier to meet the children parents and conductors from The Lighthouse Summer School. The occasion was the annual trip to the Copeland Islands on board “The Brothers”. Despite concerns about the weather as it had been an unseasonably wet and foggy week we were blessed with a hot, calm, sunny evening. 

The Lighthouse Summer School takes place during July and August in Donaghadee and is organised for children with cerebral palsy with conductors trained at the Peto Institute in Hungary. The party were taken around the Copeland Islands and all on board enjoyed the sights of the wild life on the Islands . This included numerous seals basking in the evening sunshine. After the trip the party enjoyed a meal in the comfortable surroundings of Pier 36. The Rotarians would like to thank Quinton Nelson for making “The Brothers” available for this trip and Denis and Margaret Waterworth and their staff at Pier 36 for looking after the party.  

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