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South of the point at Beadnell
A short walk to a nice scenic dive over a series of mini-reefs. Best to dive with minimal swell to make entry and exit easy.....don't forget your cameras!
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This is a section of hull, you can kinda see that the inside of the hull is on the bottom and comprises of a mesh of flat wooden sections, the actual hull is face up and looks like what it is....flat steel
Football sea squirts (Diazona violacea), again lots of these very simple animals inhabit the outside of the hull of SS Rondo.
A Long Legged Spider Crab (Macropodia rostrata) there are loads on all or most sites, this is the most common 'camouflage'.
Again, great vis as you can see with two divers among the ribs and spars
This one was probably killed by a dolphin, we get quite a few white sided dolphins in the area and despite the popular public conception about friendly dolphins they actively kill porpoises so you rarely if ever see dolphins and porpoise in close proximity
And more bits from the broken up boiler.............
There are more and more Bull Huss (Scyliorhinus stellaris) in the area and this one was relatively lively and wouldn't let me get close for a photograph.
A - It started with a bit of wood on the beach to the North of Bamburgh
I am somewhat adept at finding taps which are then cleaned and nailed onto the shed-wall! This one was on Yewglen and all that was showing was a small bit of the handle and outlet, it came out of the iron crud really easily.
This dive I headed to the stern and this is the port side rudder
The upper mounting position where the pin would fit
A stowed tangle net, complete with part decayed guillimot.
Large areas of the wreck are now down to the ribs, as can be seen on this shot
A small Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) in a discarded winkle shell, the bottom of the site is crawling with these critters, searching for food, squabbling with their brethern over shells and generally going about their daily business!
The general topography...... the rocks are not as smooth as you may expect considering the considerable tidal forces but the surfaces are smothered with various filter feeders which thrive in the oft moving flow!
A view on what I guess is the gearbox arrangement which would enable the propellor to go forwards...stop...reverse
The head of a Greater Pipefish (Syngnathus acus)
You can get all manner of brass raging agents, I went with a vinegar fume bath and I am more than happy with the results.
A silver half crown and another later cupronickel alloy 'silver' coin, possibly a florin?
I wonder if it was silver plated like 'Bonny Bobby Shaftos'?
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