Baltimore, Ireland - August 2003


We'd hope to go to Ireland for ages and thanks to Craig who made all the arrangements superbly we (Craig, Catherine, Dawn and I) finally did. We chose Baltimore as it was well protected and offer a choice of wrecks and scenic dives. Given the wind we had diving on other parts of Southern Ireland may not have been possible. The wildlife was worth the diving, despite the fact that not everyone became at one with the excellent kelp in the shallows... We dived with Rianne and Gerry at Aquaventures and would recommend then as good people to dive with. They even lent us an Oxygen kit for our shore dive.

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You can see the angled beds of rock which make the terrain interesting underwater
P8260080.JPG 		With a bit more sun we might have taken a dip in this crystal clear 3m deep rock pool
P8260104.JPG 		The anemone family
P8270007a.JPG 		Devonshire cup corals - waving
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The two slugs from the start patch up their relationship
P8270012.JPG 		Two slugs out for a walk (well thay have got one foot each)
P8270014.jpg 		Jewel anemones
P8270016a.JPG 		A flabellina nudibranch
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A whopping crayfish!
P8270022a.JPG 		Docile dogfish sometimes accept being picked up
P8270034.JPG 		Out for a walk in the kelp forest
P8270043.JPG 		Another slug at top speed
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Get out of my hole!
P8280018.JPG 		Lough Ine - Where Trevor Norton (who visited us last year) conducted his studies
P8280022.JPG 		Edible crab saving an anemone for lunch
P8280060.JPG 		Feather stars
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A velvet crab on the lookout
P8280062.JPG 		Another colourway of anemone
P8280064.jpg 		Cup corals and friends
P8280065.jpg 		Best picture of the best slug of the trip - he's so spikey!
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Lime flavoured cup coral
P8280070.jpg 		Prawn! Apparently they hang around with congers...
P8280074.jpg 		Sponge
P8280082.JPG 		Slug on the move
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This slug was the most difficult to spot
P8280102.JPG 		We did eventually find some prawns with a conger but those pictures weren't as good as this
P8280108.jpg 		A squat lobster with hairy arms
P8280109.JPG 		Murphy's Cove - site for a shore dive on the last dive day
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Probably the best vis of the week
P8290024.JPG 		Another dozing dogfish
P8290029.jpg 		The weeks best dogfish
P8290041.jpg 		Baltimore Harbour
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Rob Spray.