Duo-Divers

J - After a few coats it started to look the part

The vessel was scuttled at anchor and you can just about make out the brittle-star encrusted anchor chain just above the deck, the big smear of rust is on the top edge/side of a hawse pipe.

Part of the anchor assembly that is concreted into the sea-bed, you can see the anchor behind the main, round, rusty bit

The concreted in anchor, this is located on its own 'up' the gully on the seaward side of the Hopper rock

First containment done.......

F - Getting it joined wasn't too difficult

A general topographical shot, there are several large stone pinnacles on the site, the largest rising maybe 4m from the seabed and with a circumference of 50m. They do degrade over time as they are formed from a softish rock and do receive a battering every year from Southerly and Easterly storms.

Looking along the floating pier, head left as there is a big expanse of sand/mud flat that is exposed at low tide.

Inside the plane

A Shanny (Lipophrys phalis) this one was living in an old hole and would 'hang out' when it realised that you didn't want to eat it!

A shot showing part of a shoal of Saithe (Pollachius virens) hovering above the kelp line wiating for the tide to turn!

It was the perfect storm of North Easteries plus extreme cold, you don't tend to get much snow at Beadnell but we were cut off, even the road to Seahouses was shut with five feet deep drifts of snow

A plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), an unusal sight for the northern diver and if big enough most frequently seen impaled on a knife!

Some details on the boat

I was stuck three days in this because I decided to stay overnight after picking up the piece of ancient wood that was the winter project 2018/19, was it worth it? Probably.

Always nice to see lots of Dhalia Anemone (Urticina felina) of various colours on any dive!

In this case the camouflage of the Pogge (Agonus cataphractus) wasn't good enough and this live fish was caught by a Velvet swimming Crab (Necora puber)