Farnes 2010

Ever since I started diving over 5 years ago, I have wanted to dive with seals. It's easy enough to do at the Farne Islands in North East England, but I've somehow never managed it. The last attempt was about 4 years ago, and I'm pretty sure there was a seal tugging my fins but visibility was so bad I couldn't see it...
Today I ran another club trip for Divetech - conditions were good and the seals were on form...

	Oh, hello! Nice to see you!
	Pretty good visibility, so we could see the seals in their natural habitat.
	Sarah and Laura get some attention.
	These are my fins - this seal has been playing with them!
	A seal looking at some kelp mens fingers very suspiciously!
	Ruth - you can tell she's smiling even through her mask.
	Kelp.
	Seal.
	Sea Urchins - they really were everywhere on this site.
	Fan holds a seals flipper as it tries to bite his leg - it later succeeds leaving a small puncture in his drysuit...
	The vertical wall of one of the Farne Islands.
	Their whiskers really are very cute.
	A urchin in an otherwise fairly barren landscape.
	This seal is now getting very friendly with Fan...
	...perhaps too friendly, as Fan tries to get it to let go of his fin.
	Alison is the next to get attention...
	...and a bitten hand! Oi! Get off!
	Go away!
	Oh, he's back...
	A tiny two-spot goby.
	The "friendly" seal is back, this time eyeing up the zip pull on Fans drysuit...
	A short-spined sea scorpion.
	A well hidden short-spined sea scorpion.
	A goby on a rock.
	A nudibranch (Limachia Clavigera to be exact)