In a brief weather window, Clidive initiated Mission Out Stack. Rory issued a stern and comprehensive safety brief, but buoyed our spirits with the observation that a rib like Yellow could be bailed in minutes with a bucket. On the…

This morning we visited the Baa Skerries, where we found marvellous blue water, a very large lobster, excellent visibility and a very atmospheric dive. Here is Warwick hanging out: And a few more friendly critters: Saito Head was the afternoon’s…

We are heading round to Burra Firth today, to see if we can head out to Muckle Flugga and the Out Stack. Fingers crossed for some more spectacular photos!

Today, our DM Neil picked an interesting mark on the charts called The Baa, off Fetlar sound, so we headed off to investigate. This turned out to be a kelp covered pinnacle, with one wall of jewel anemones, dropping down…

Today’s start to week 2 involved a return to the E49. Yes, it is as lovely as you see from the photos. But just in case you missed the last lot, here are some more to make you jealous (and…