For the final Club trip of the season (except local dives), fifteen of the Mid Lancs divers headed up to the Farne Islands, Northumberland for a full weekend of diving with the amazing seals, and what a weekend it was!
Friday
Everyone arrived throughout Friday afternoon/evening and checked into our accommodation at Farne Lodge. Some of our group made their way to the local pub for dinner and a drink. Most then headed to bed early ready for a jam packed weekend ahead.
Saturday & Sunday
6:30am alarms were ringing and we made our way to the morning brief. Once everyone was happy, we headed down to the harbour where breakfast was served from 7:30am. We found a pub local to the harbour called The Bamburgh Castle Inn, the staff here couldn’t have been nicer considering we were a large group of 15, but we all had an incredible start to the day. From here we started to unload all our kit ready for the boats arrival due at around 8:30am. The guys from Billy Sheil Boats helped us load all the kit on board and then we made our way out to the Farne Islands.
You will be able to see from the YouTube video below, we all had a tremendous day of diving. We were joined by some very playful seals, some of which were very funny and friendly, some a little bit too playful! But these are wild animals which we were very grateful to have been in the water with. We did roughly 2 dives each day which allowed everyone in the group to have varied experiences as well as the opportunity to dive with different people.
In 2023, we aim to run a similar trip again. If you like the look of this and would like to give it a go, please get in touch with us direct at https://divemidlancs.co.uk/contact-us/ for a Try Dive.
