July 2013

Our second trip of 2013 in July was focused around Rhoscolyn. We camped at Mike and Alex’s favourite campsite at Pentre Iago Farm where we have stayed several times in the past.  Pam, Peter, Aiden, Tara and Fergus joined us on the Friday night for supper and hot chocolate after pitching up for the night. […]

After an early start to beat the crowds to the car park on the hottest day of the year so far both boats were launched for a dive on the Chasms. The bright sun and good visibility made for excellent diving with Edible & Spider Crab, Lobster, Octopus, Sea Squirts, Nudibranch and much more being spotted.

A number of blearily eyed divers assembled a mountain of kit and loaded Top Cat in Rhoscolyn Car Park at 06:30 am before launching and departing shortly after 07:00 am for the 12 mile journey to dive the Roanoak, an American supply ship torpedoed in 1945. Despite a challenging dive to 49m in extremely dark