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| The Tinkers Heart |
On a recent drive home from a dive site I listened to a radio show about the geographical and metaphorical hearts of Scotland. Much of the discussion that I listened to focused on
The Tinkers Heart. in Argyll. I never even knew it existed and yet on many dive trips I'd driven within a few feet of it. So I had decided that on my next visit to the area I'd stop off and have a look. On this occasion, (the psycho that is) the Zookeeper was my buddy and she would be the lucky one to be made just a little more erudite by my curiosity.
As we whizzed along the road and right passed it. A quick reverse and there it was. Hundreds of years of Scottish tradition now fully restored and protected for hundreds more. It's simple, unimpressive but whimsically romantic given that hundreds of people have married on this spot over the centuries. Scotland is a great place to live.
Anyway onto the diving! Seal Reef, St Catherines was the venue and for once there was a seal, and not even in the water, but hauled out on the beach. I've never seen a seal out of the water except at the Farne Islands so it took my spectacle-less eyes a few moments to realise what I was looking at. In that moment it looked up nodded and slunk back into the water and away.
We headed down encountering edible crabs, lobsters, loads of fish, and all in had a great little twilight dive. However, the water was cold - very cold. The summer is most definitely over despite the fair weather on the surface.
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| He just wouldn't stay still |
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| Bloody Henry |
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| Say hello to my little friend |
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| Dude, switch out the lights! |
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| The last light of day |
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