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Mermaid and I dived capernwray this week and there were only a few divers there on both days. But after talking to some of the guys that work there, there are usually 200 divers on a saturday and sunday. So armed with this information I'm going to cancel the weekend quarry dive. And as promised here are a few pictures of Capernwray.
First a picture of the quarry
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Capernwray.jpg
All the small floats have something at the bottom
A stolen car!!!!
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Beatle.jpg
A small boat sunk for divers
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Gygsymoth.jpg
A Sturgeon weird fish put in the quarry
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Sturgeon.jpg
The long lost race horse shergar
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Shergar.jpg
A brown trout they love buzzing divers at the jetty
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Browntrout1.jpg
Mermaid taking a picture
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Marion.jpg
A plane on a platform
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Plane.jpg
Great photos as always, Ding ;)
You did better than me in getting one of a sturgeon (I wasn't quick enough in getting the camera out of my pocket)!
Looks as if the weather and viz were quite kind to you. Did you go up to Kirkby Lonsdale to drift under Devil's Bridge in the River Lune?
Is that Mermaid doing a bit of wreck penetration above? That's against the site rules, you know! ;) As I was told when I came out & told my wife that I'd gone inside the "Podsnap" (I hadn't bothered to read the rules before getting in). :eek:
The long lost race horse shergar
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Shergar.jpg
I could be mistaken, but I think that the one above is actually "Lord Lucan" ;)
This is Shergar I believe:
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/yorks0806/shergar.jpg
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/yorks0806/sarahmountsshergar.jpg
Ding and Shergar.... now there is two old trotters if I've ever seen them :D
Ding and Shergar.... now there is two old trotters if I've ever seen them :D
How old r u eddie !!!!!!!!
Could u be the older trotter here :D
Great photos as always, Ding ;)
You did better than me in getting one of a sturgeon (I wasn't quick enough in getting the camera out of my pocket)!
Looks as if the weather and viz were quite kind to you. Did you go up to Kirkby Lonsdale to drift under Devil's Bridge in the River Lune?
Is that Mermaid doing a bit of wreck penetration above? That's against the site rules, you know ;) As I was told when I came out & told my wife that I'd gone inside the "Podsnap" (I hadn't bothered to read the rules before getting in). :eek:
We thought of doing the Devil's Bridge but we went to a local bar/restuarant and ..... well u can guess. As for the horse, on the map it says lord lucan but its obviously a horse so I called it shergar.
We thought of doing the Devil's Bridge but we went to a local bar/restuarant and ..... well u can guess.Say no more. ;)
As for the horse, on the map it says lord lucan but its obviously a horse so I called it shergar. Yeah, I didn't realise until I was in there that what are marked on the map as "L. Lucan" & "Shergar" are both actually fibreglass horses. :eek:
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/yorks0806/capernwraymap.jpg
alexmaclennan
14-09-06, 19:54
All those bearings between the 'features' - looks like the path of a Tequila fuelled pinball. Can you see from one feature to another to navigate? Where do you fit 200 divers into this space at the weekends? Only allow in the very slim? Stacked three deep? Or take tickets and wait in line just like at the cheese counter at Tescos?
alex
Trainees in at 6 meters openwater divers to 18 and the advanced on the bottom kicking up the silt. Photographers round the plastic models and stolen cars. and the remaining 50 waiting in a que to get air and burgers...:D
Quote "Is that Mermaid doing a bit of wreck penetration above? That's against the site rules, you know! As I was told when I came out & told my wife that I'd gone inside the "Podsnap" (I hadn't bothered to read the rules before getting in)."
I'm attaching a picture of Ding coming out of the hold of the Podsnap, so you can tell that we didn't read the rules either.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/MarionMcNeill/Ding.jpg
Got a nice trout, don't think it's as good as yours though.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/MarionMcNeill/BrownTrout.jpg
Great photies, mermaid :)
Did you enjoy your trip down to darkest Lancashire? We'll be down that way next weekend, but no chance for diving I'm afraid :(
Enjoyed it very much. The weather was very good for the time of year and the water was a tropical 18c which helped make the diving more interesting. B&B was good and the locals were very friendly and helpful. :)
Enjoyed it very much. The weather was very good for the time of year and the water was a tropical 18c which helped make the diving more interesting. B&B was good and the locals were very friendly and helpful. :)
The food was good the beer was cheep they measured the Tequila with a port measure. Some of the locals were originally from Paisley, its a small world. On Tues we had to share the quarry with ten or so divers but wed we had the place to ourselves in the morning, but for some reason the viz was best on Tues
I would recomend diving here during the week but not at the weekend. One day 2-3 dives would do.
I forgot to post this picture of a trout and some perch or rudd?
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Capernwray/Browntrout2.jpg
I did like taking pictures of the trout here
i think your 'perch' are actually Rudd.
perch have a smaller fin behind the dorsal fin.
cracking pic of the trout
I changed it to perch or rudd but they never mentioned rudd at the dive centre. Just brown and rainbow trout, perch and sturgon.
i think rudd are only native too england/wales area & perhaps the south of scotland.
i fished for corse fish as a boy, pike & perch being the free fishing option of that era.
incidentally, im rubbish at identifying sea water fish.
although closley related; i do know the difference between a beagle & an akka ;)
I thought that they were roach. ;)
They mention them in the Capernwray blurb. Roach and rudd are very similar methinks. :)
Roach and rudd are very similar methinks. :)
almost identicle apart from the anal fin i believe, one is squarer than the other i think?
Here's a photo that I took of them in Capernwray:
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/yorks0806/roach.jpg
And some info about the species:
http://www.1fish.co.uk/record%20fish/roach.jpg
http://www.1fish.co.uk/record%20fish/rudd.jpg
I'm still not sure, although the colour of the pectoral fins may suggest roach? :eek:
Hi charlie the fins look like neither a roach or a rudd and the colour is like rudd but I would not bet on it either way now. Do u have a picture of a perch.
dive granny
19-09-06, 20:53
Don't think it is Shergar at all. It is definately Muffin the Mule. Does no one else remember him on TV or am I definately D.G.:D :D
yep, i wouldnt want to bet on it either!
i blame ding for all this!! :eek:
takes a picture of one blo@Dy trout...rant rant rant..:D
pic of a perch below, notice the spiney dorsal fin.
http://www.cfb.ie/fishing_in_ireland/images/perch.jpg
Experts think the rudd and the roach have bred making a new species called a rudoach only seen when breathing pure o2 at depth.
What is this fish who knows?
Experts think the rudd and the roach have bread making a new species called a rudoach only seen when breathing pure o2 at depth.
What is this fish who knows?
I was a bit perplexed by this post until I realised that you probably meant that the 2 species had bred! :eek:
Unless you think that they've been fed genetically modified bread leading to such a mutation! :rolleyes:
I was a bit perplexed by this post until I realised that you probably meant that the 2 species had bred! :eek:
Unless you think that they've been fed genetically modified bread leading to such a mutation! :rolleyes:
We need a spell checker on here !!
PS sorted, but what is the fish?
craigdiver
20-09-06, 15:25
Just to completely digress (even further!), when on holiday we fed fish banana and bread to get them very close.
Has anybody tried this method here to attract fish?
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l246/craigdiver/Diving/BananaFish.jpg
CraigDiver
craigdiver
20-09-06, 16:51
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n212/MarionMcNeill/Ding.jpg
Not sure which looks sexier, the VR3 or the camera!!!
CraigDiver
Just to completely digress (even further!), when on holiday we fed fish banana and bread to get them very close.
Has anybody tried this method here to attract fish?
Yeah, bread does the trick...
http://staff.stir.ac.uk/charles.mcgurk/diving/Bodrum2006/feeding.jpg
not a roach or rudd in sight (thank goodness)! ;)
not a roach or rudd in sight (thank goodness)![/I] ;)
isnt that the 'lesser spotted stripey fish' charlie? :D
The lesser spotted stripey fish has red fins and Is much bigger.......
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Temp%20folder/bbbbbb.jpg
As can bee seen here
The lesser spotted stripey fish has red fins and Is much bigger.......
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Temp%20folder/bbbbbb.jpg
As can be seen here
Is that not a lesser ringed stripey fish, Ding? :rolleyes:
Are u on the graveyard shift. Thought I was the only person up at this time?
Are u on the graveyard shift. Thought I was the only person up at this time?
Shit, Ding. Just noticed that you're sitting on 666 posts: quickly post something else :eek:
On saying that It's good during the week on a sunny day. After the diving an apree dive looking over the quarry. Marmaid and I were chatting to two girls who were testing there kit for a trip to scapa. And when they went in we had the map and traced the route they took. Plate of chips, a beer in the sun, wish the weather was like that just now......:D
Marmaid and I were chatting to two girls
Mermaid's just one letter away from being your barmaid there, Ding. ;) Is that a Freudian slip? :eek:
I also quite liked Caperwray from the mid-week visit that we had. Not so sure I'd be as keen if it was the only diving available to me and I had to go at weekends :( Makes me appreciate how lucky we are with accessible free dive sites up here. All the better with all the dive site guides that you guys have put together :)
diverrepair
22-09-06, 09:35
Just been chatting to a girl who had her first open water in Capenwray last week - to 8m. She loved it - until she got bent !
Hope to dive Powmill quarry ASAP has anybody else been diving here with the divesite description....? :D