Duo-Divers

A Painted Goby (Pomatoschistus pictus) a very common small fish that follows divers around hoping that some small creatures, its next meal, are dislodged.

Another arty shot of the stringy like Bootlace Weed (Chorda filum) that is found in lower inter-tidal water. Apparently quite tasty too!

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A European Flounder (Platichthys flesus) quite commonly seen on dives, well ok quite often there on dives, due to their camouflage and passive nature you can get pretty close, just no sudden moves or they will zoom off.

A very scenic dip with dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) covering hard rock with boulders in some of the larger gullies.

The Mistley has been a bit more exposed this year with areas of the bottom now visible after rocks and sand have been washed out.

It's been part polished now but this nameplate for the Boatswains Cabin was taken from SS Abessinia on Knifestone at the Farne Islands. There must be hundreds or perhaps thousands of dives per year and you can still, on occasion, pick up something 'nice'.

I know the location of a porthole which is currently covered, when the next storm removes the cover I will be there with my tools and implements!

This piece stands proud of the seabed maybe eight feet and forms a large H, not sure what it is though....

Large lengths of plastic service pipe are ideal for training in an overhead environment

And here we are drilling the trunion holes

Typical geology, the surfaces are covered in Dead mans fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), the bottom being small vertical faces, rocks and large boulders....all very scenic and pretty in good vis!

View one of a bilge sieve, these were fitted to the open ends of bilge pipes to make sure that no large crud which may block the pump could be drawn into the system.

A shoal of immature Bib (Trisopterus luscus) this shoal was always around a particular large rock on the site, not sure why, guess that there is a subtle current split or join?

A Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), when they are about deco stops are always interesting!

A hatch with the actual cut-out still 'envisionable', is there such a word? There should be!

Scenic stuff with light coming through the hull where the plates have gone and we are left with ribs and bits only

Common edible and tasty lobster (homarus gammarus) the area is home to a multitude of them!

Another 'arty-farty' showing an empty lobster pot standing on end....

A close up of some 100 year old teak decking, in the shelter this decking has lasted remarkably well and is still 'tough' and not at all spongey and falling apart.

A Butterfish or Rock Gunnel (Pholis gunnellus) quite common but pretty nonetheless!

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

More of the steering mechanism on SS Breda