Our second "dive" with the Newbury club (Newbury Sub-Aqua Club) - under the Swanage peer.
I wrote "dive" because we were expecting a depth of 10 meters,
but we only managed to get down to about 3 (and that thanks to digging my hand with the computer deep into the sludge :-)).
Even though the dive wasn't that deep, it was still interesting - crabs, blenny fish, anemones...
And again my compass tried to trick me as far as navigation goes.
When we got to the end of the peer, we had to turn around (obviously),
and my sense of direction told me that the compass was totally wrong...
Fortunately, I did trust the compass and managed to get us back without any problems. :-)
Anyway, we weren't deep enough to get below the waves and when we got out,
Marcia decided that she didn't feel like being rocked anymore that day,
so we decided to take a trip around Dorset.
Our second "dive" with the Newbury club ( Newbury Sub-Aqua Club) - under the Swanage peer.
I wrote "dive" because we were expecting a depth of 10 meters,
but we only managed to get down to about 3 (and that thanks to digging my hand with the computer deep into the sludge :-)).
Even though the dive wasn't that deep, it was still interesting - crabs, blenny fish, anemones...
And again my compass tried to trick me as far as navigation goes.
When we got to the end of the peer, we had to turn around (obviously),
and my sense of direction told me that the compass was totally wrong...
Fortunately, I did trust the compass and managed to get us back without any problems. :-)
Anyway, we weren't deep enough to get below the waves and when we got out,
Marcia decided that she didn't feel like being rocked anymore that day,
so we decided to take a trip around Dorset.
Swanage 2010
[MJT] Before the ferry crossing in Sandbanks
[MJT] Before the ferry crossing in Sandbanks
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[MJT] The beginning of the "dive" in Swanage
[MJT] The beginning of the "dive" in Swanage
[MJT] Snakelocks anemone
[MJT] Snakelocks anemone
[MJT] Spiny spider crab
[MJT] Spiny spider crab
[MJT] Blenny fish
[MJT] Blenny fish
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[MJT] Boring sponge
[MJT] Boring sponge
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[MJT] A tompot blenny with nice antennae
[MJT] A tompot blenny with nice antennae
[MJT] The Swanage Peer where we "dived"
[MJT] The Swanage Peer where we "dived"
[MJT] Studland Bay cliffs
[MJT] Studland Bay cliffs
[MUT] The second "peer" in Swanage
[MUT] The second "peer" in Swanage
[MUT] A pub in Studland
[MUT] A pub in Studland
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[MJT] Corfe Castle
[MJT] Corfe Castle
[MUT] The walls on the left hand side are now about 2 meters lower than the those on the right hand side
[MUT] The walls on the left hand side are now about 2 meters lower than the those on the right hand side
[MJT] These walls looked like Ganelon's Keep from the Chronicles of Amber
[MJT] These walls looked like Ganelon's Keep from the Chronicles of Amber
[MJT] Though they were a bit... rotten...
[MJT] Though they were a bit... rotten...
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[MJT] Still, the main tower still looked ominous
[MJT] Still, the main tower still looked ominous
[MJT] Rocks near Lulworth Cove
[MJT] Rocks near Lulworth Cove
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[MJT] And the Lulworth Cove itself
[MJT] And the Lulworth Cove itself
[MJT] Rocks to the West of the cove
[MJT] Rocks to the West of the cove
[MJT] This is (almost) the Atlantic Ocean
[MJT] This is (almost) the Atlantic Ocean
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[MJT] Rocks East of Durdle Door
[MJT] Rocks East of Durdle Door
[MJT] And the Durdle Door itself
[MJT] And the Durdle Door itself
[MJT] Chalk cliffs West of Durdle Door
[MJT] Chalk cliffs West of Durdle Door
[MJT] The cove East of Durdle Door
[MJT] The cove East of Durdle Door
[MJT] Durdle Door
[MJT] Durdle Door
[MJT] The beach here isn't a sandy beach, but consists of very small rocks
[MJT] The beach here isn't a sandy beach, but consists of very small rocks
[MJT] Greensand to the right of chalk cliffs
[MJT] Greensand to the right of chalk cliffs
[MJT] One of the larger caves here; more than 10 meters deep
[MJT] One of the larger caves here; more than 10 meters deep
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[MJT] A chain of caves and smaller holes
[MJT] A chain of caves and smaller holes
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