Seasearch-East-seaweed-safari-Aug2011

We're all going on a seaweed safari!

P8064551 Mr Squashy crossing the Humber Bridge	IMAG0709 Minimizing the distance to walk with luggage at Boggle Hole YH	IMAG0712 View of Boggle Hole YH from the beach. Note very steep hills...	IMAG0723 Boggle Hole YH - view across the valley from entrance road to accommodation block...	IMAG0724 View of the beach at Boggle Hole from the (very steep) entrance road
IMAG0728 Can't take some people anywhere... (Dyslexic) divers assessing the conditions at Seahouses	IMAG0729 Not looking good for diving the Farnes today. View north from Seahouses towards Bamburgh Castle.	IMAG0730 View towards the Farnes from Seahouses. Definitely no diving today...	P8094606 Interesting exhibits at Bamburgh Castle. We'd rather have been diving the Farnes...	P8094642 Wistful divers glaring at the still-undiveable Farnes...
P8094646 We'll give shore-diving a miss too!	P8094656 Everyone in Northumberland decides to visit Holy Island instead.	P8094664 Dawn engrossed in the Holy Island beach, back turned firmly towards Bamburgh Castle and the Farnes	P8094672 This beach-combing lark seems to be catching on...	P8104721 Seaweed at Boulmer beach. An easy one for everyone to name!
P8104733 Nick and Lin exhibit extreme dedication in their quest for seaweed at Boulmer beach	P8104741 A bad photo of easy-to-identify seaweed. You've probably eaten this one...	P8104736 Washed-up kelp on Boulmer beach. No scale again unfortunately, but this was well over 1m long too.	P8104751 The holdfast of thongweed (Himanthalia elongata)	P8104760 Thongweed (Himanthalia elongata) laid out, unfortunately without a scale (this bit is about 1.4m long)