Duo-Divers

A pile of coins! From a modern 20p piece to some very old stuff it collects and stays there until such a time as the sand is moved by a storm

A pair of Long Clawed Squat Lobster (Munida rugosa) scrapping, not the best of shots because they fled after the first photograph.

The rocks, which are a soft 'holey' shale are coated in a pretty pink coralline growth

And the third anchor, I am not sure why she would carry three anchors, there would be one on each side of the bows, I am guessing that there was a spare somewhere on the foredeck.

You do need sharp eyes as frequently all that is visible, poking through tiny pockets of sand, are the stainless steel grip leads.

A view into the propellor shaft, simply taking a bearing along the shaft and follow over the sand and you will reach the other part of the wreck

Some sort of dead-eye or similar, this just sits in the middle of one of the gullies

An immature cod (Gadus) this particularly colourful and lonesome specimen is obviously going to be a 'kelp cod' that's to say one of the sub-species(?) which stay inshore all year around and turn red as they age.

On this particular site on this day there were loads of smallish Edible Crabs (Cancer pagurus) quite an unusual sight as they don't normally show in shallow water.

I do get carried away with Starfish photographs, in this case a Common Starfish (Asterias rubens), mainly because you can get damned close for macro shots of all the parts!

The second anchor, again of a Danfort design.

Settling down on a patch of gravel and waiting until I bimbled over.......

The seal eventually lay on the bottom and wanted to have its photo taken.....again....

A scenic of the bow, due to the previous salvage operation it has 'snapped' and fallen away from centre to left of the photograph

Paddle boarders, didn't know that during this dive a paddle would be found

A lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) moving past with the prevailing tide, the long stingers on these beggars can be 3m long and be left on shot ropes sooooo, dont approach them without caustion and wear gloves!

In this shallower water the bed-rock is coated with dulse and you will see all manner of critters, in this case a Bloody Henry (Henricia oculata)

A shot of the sea-bed in about twenty five meters off the Harcarrs, its all flat rock, small gravel beds and short drop offs.

Dropping into the main gully one of the first things that you notice is the rust stained sand.

There are plenty of King Scallops (Pecten maximus) there are loads about here having been dumped as undersize by divers.

A colour shot of another breech assembly

Engine parts sticking out of the sand, I assume these held on the cylinders........

A lobster (Homarus gammarus), there are more and more blue fiends on this site, to the extent that they are being potted as shown in this shot!