So after convincing Marc to come diving this week with encouraging words like "dark, freezing and you'll be attacked by weird looking critters" (divers are a strange lot.....). We took to the water with the "big" torch working as expected :) and my new wetsuit top with integrated hood, toasty!
We headed straight out to the area where we hoped we would find a mix of prawns(as I had a prawn net this time) and crabs(thicker 5mm gloves on). The prawns were definitely harder to catch as they are small and fast, then even when you think you've snagged one on the bottom, they burrow into the silt and vanish! I managed to grab one good size crab for Marc and then he got another, but unfortunately while helping me with the "savage" prawns the catch bag came open and his crabs scuttled off... If you want to know how much you can hear people when they are laughing underwater, it's a lot!
All in all, we wouldn't survive long in the stone age as hunters gatherers (three prawns and one crab), but it was fun and warmer this time too.
Apparently there are some seahorses to spot when you're not scrambling round chasing critters for the catch bag, so we might take the more leisurely route next time to check them out. Will let you know!
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