| DAY 1
Out of the nine divers on the trip, only four made the sailing on Scott Waterman's boat from Anglesey, the other five taking the safer option and travelling by ferry from Liverpool. I must say that wind blowing a south westerly 6-7 made for an intersting crossing in some three and a half hours. Scott, a well seasoned diver and skipper, soon made us feel at home on his very well equipped dive boat. On arrival we made our first dive just west of Port St Mary, which started as a scenic dive and turned into a very fast drift dive in quite rough seas.
DAY 2
The weather conditions were not much better so we stayed close to shore and dived the remains of a wreck almost opposite the lighthouse owned by Jeremy Clarkson. A badly broken up ship with little remaining and covered with kelp.
DAY 3
Hoping to dive the SS Liverpool today but alas the conditions were unsuitable again, so we made the best of a dive through a gully and into a large sea cave; interesting rock formations and colourings. At the end of the dive we had a brief encounter with an inquisitive seal!
DAY 4
SS Liverpool. The dive we had all been looking forward to. She lies in 42 metres on a sandy bed some five miles off Douglas, her steam engine standing proud some 4-5 metres, with plenty of life on her - lots of congers and lobsters. The visibility was tremendous and we could see the whole wreck as we decended down the shot line. To date this must rate as one of my best UK wreck dives.
DAY 5
Only four of us travelled back to Anglesey but on the way we all dived the SS Peveril, an Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry which sank in 1899. This wreck was also in 42 metres and lies around 20 miles off land; visibility not as good as previously. The SS Peveril is not dived as regularly as other wrecks and the life on her seemed more relaxed with lobsters walking everywhere. Yet another great dive!
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