Vase Rock (Manacles) / Drawna Rock

Slick excursion to Vase Rock. Kitted up went down the beach to walk onto the Celtic Kitten (the front drops down and makes a ramp). Finished getting small bits of kit on, and in nearly no time at all we were over the reef. There was going to be some tide, but sheltered to the N of the rock. Derek and I went in and down the steppy pinnacle. On the way I saw a nice lobster. Flash AF35 not working wonderfully (could have been the deflector or batteries - dunno). Then caught up with Derek at about 25 metres. We went back up, anticlockwise around the pinnacle. Impressive walls of jewel anemones. There were urchins, sea fans etc,. also cuckoo wrasse and the occasional pollack.

At the top of the pinnacle, nice views over the gullies. Saw some of the other divers making their ascent and I did the blob and we followed not long after. They'd gone to 30+ but we'd had a bit longer.

Later on Derek and I did a last dive round Drawna rock. We swam along the inside of the rock to the deep part at the northern end. The plan was to swim round this end and go over to the reefy lump about 15m-20 further north still, where I had promised Derek that there were trumpet anemones. Lots more sea hares 'cuddling' and spiny starfish on the move - busy attacking things. Nice swim back around the seaward side - even though it is a bit weedy, nice and lumpy.