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Only 2 hours or so of work (I say 'work', what I mean is 'sitting at my desk, doing anything but work) then I start heading north again, this time to Ayr (Scotland) and from there, hopefully, across to the northern coast of Ireland - Malin Head.  

Malin is well known in diving circles as being some of the best diving you can do in the the UK, some might say the world ; the wrecks are deep (typically around 65 metres / 215 feet down) but big, largely intact, and impressive.  There's a battleship, an old White Star liner (the RMS Justicia), various other wrecks, and lots of submarines, from Operation Deadlight at the end of WWII.  

Some pictures from my last visit there are already up on dA:

Hanging Around II
U-2511 bow
U-2511 conning tower
U-2511
U-155
A helping hand
Ominous omens

and of course, I'll be taking my trusty dive-station-signing-in-buddy:

Dive buddy

as he'd get annoyed if I left him at home :)

Anyway, the upshot of this is that:

a) I won't have internet access so can't :+fav: your stuff in the next week, much as I'd like to
b) I might come back with more pictures of the wrecks - I'm taking a tripod down with me this time which I'm sure will be entertaining.  We only get 25-30mins max on the bottom, so I'll have to be quick when setting it up...
c) I can't think of a 'c', but felt obliged to have one anyway.

Have a lovely week, everyone :)
Cheers
Brian
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Hi Brian
enjoy your diving at Malin Head, it's close to where I live and a great dive site (I have never been). I went on my trip to the farnes islands 2 weeks ago and it was amazing the seals were so inquisitive and it is an experience I will never forgot. Be careful bringing your kit over on the boat P&O ferries were assholes to us when we we coming home from Cairnryan.
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~ukwreckdiver Jul 11, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanks :) It went quite well in the end, the weather was good, or at least, it wasn't very windy so we managed 5 days off Malin on the 'classics'. We were using a liveaboard so no hassles with ferries and the like - drove to Ayr, met the boat there, and it steamed over to Ireland overnight - much smoother crossing than this time last year when people were being thrown out of their bunks due to the weather!

Glad to hear you enjoyed your time with the seals in the Farnes ; less than 2 months now before I head up that way... Any pics?
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