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Accomodation at the dive centre in Lochaline.
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Squat Lobster.
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Sunstar.
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A rather green (algae coated?) painted top shell.
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Nudibranch - Polycera Faeroensis.
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Same again.
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Brian and Alison on a safety stop.
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Alison pirouetting.
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Alison doing a jig.
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Plumose Anemone.
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The wall at Auliston Point. Coated in anemones.
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Soft coral.
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Anemone, soft coral and sponge.
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More soft coral.
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Life on the wall at Auliston Point.
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Sands at Auliston Point.
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Sunstar.
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Sea Pens.
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A scorpionfish tends her eggs.
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A featherstar, with a slate from the wreck of the John Preston.
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Sarah F on the John Preston.
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Sarah F again.
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Slates piled against decaying timbers.
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Two different nudibranchs in one photo!
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Sarah F on a safety stop.
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The kelp slope above the John Preston was teeming with nudibranchs.
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Sarah F and Stephen.
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Filling cylinders.
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Rainbow!
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Sheepdogs waiting for the ferry.
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The rudder and prop shaft on the Hispania - first time I've seen them properly in reasonable visibility.
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Life on the side of the Hispania.
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The spare (steel) propellor sits in a special slot on the after deck of the Hispania.
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Sarah P examines a winch on the Hispania.
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Sarah P alongside the accomodation on the Hispania.
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Hispania, accomodation and hold number 4.
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The Hispanias forward mast has fallen over the starboard side.
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Forward winch and entrance ladder on the Hispania.
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Sarah P on the bows of the Hispania.
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Air vent on the Hispania.
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Sarah P in front of the bridge on the Hispania.
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Sands on the Hispania.
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A nudibranch managing to blend in to a barnacle shell.
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Scallop, not very well camoflaged on this slate.
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Another Polycera Faeroensis (nudibranch)
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Peacock Worms on the John Preston Wall.
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Yet another nudibranch.
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Soft Coral - the polyps on Dead Mens Fingers.
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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.
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Brian on the John Preston.
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Tagged timbers on the John Preston.
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One final Polycera Faeroensis - and we're done!
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