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Diving Lochaline, March '11

Pictures from a great Divetech weekend diving with Lochaline Boat Charters.

2011-03-26_Lochaline_0000.jpg Accomodation at the dive centre in Lochaline.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0001.jpg Squat Lobster.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0005.jpg Sunstar.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0008.jpg A rather green (algae coated?) painted top shell.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0010.jpg Nudibranch - Polycera Faeroensis.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0013.jpg Same again.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0014.jpg Brian and Alison on a safety stop.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0015.jpg Alison pirouetting.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0017.jpg Alison doing a jig.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0022.jpg Plumose Anemone.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0024.jpg The wall at Auliston Point. Coated in anemones.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0026.jpg Soft coral.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0028.jpg Anemone, soft coral and sponge.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0029.jpg More soft coral.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0030.jpg Life on the wall at Auliston Point.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0031.jpg Sands at Auliston Point.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0032.jpg Sunstar.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0033.jpg Sea Pens.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0034.jpg A scorpionfish tends her eggs.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0037.jpg A featherstar, with a slate from the wreck of the John Preston.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0041.jpg Sarah F on the John Preston.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0043.jpg Sarah F again.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0044.jpg Slates piled against decaying timbers.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0046.jpg Two different nudibranchs in one photo!
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0047.jpg Sarah F on a safety stop.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0050.jpg The kelp slope above the John Preston was teeming with nudibranchs.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0052.jpg Sarah F and Stephen.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0053.jpg Filling cylinders.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0055.jpg Rainbow!
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0056.jpg Sheepdogs waiting for the ferry.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0057.jpg The rudder and prop shaft on the Hispania - first time I've seen them properly in reasonable visibility.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0059.jpg Life on the side of the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0060.jpg The spare (steel) propellor sits in a special slot on the after deck of the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0062.jpg Sarah P examines a winch on the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0063.jpg Sarah P alongside the accomodation on the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0064.jpg Hispania, accomodation and hold number 4.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0065.jpg The Hispanias forward mast has fallen over the starboard side.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0068.jpg Forward winch and entrance ladder on the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0069.jpg Sarah P on the bows of the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0071.jpg Air vent on the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0072.jpg Sarah P in front of the bridge on the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0073.jpg Sands on the Hispania.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0074.jpg A nudibranch managing to blend in to a barnacle shell.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0076.jpg Scallop, not very well camoflaged on this slate.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0078.jpg Another Polycera Faeroensis (nudibranch)
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0079.jpg Peacock Worms on the John Preston Wall.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0082.jpg Yet another nudibranch.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0083.jpg Soft Coral - the polyps on Dead Mens Fingers.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0084.jpg An iron pipe on the John Preston. I thought it was a gun when I saw it, which would have much more romance, but it's just a pipe.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0085.jpg Brian on the John Preston.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0087.jpg Tagged timbers on the John Preston.
2011-03-26_Lochaline_0090.jpg One final Polycera Faeroensis - and we're done!
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