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I've dived with Carole Mullen 4 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Summary	Equipment
227	4 Jul 1985	Doris		Skye	Scotland	28	23	25	Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen	One of the best dives ever for marine life. Ballan wrasse, pollack, dogfish, cup coral (fluorescent green or red centres), anemones (similar to cup coral and dahlia), huge purple and red sunstars, sponges 1 foot high. Very unusual nudibranch: 1.5 inches long, white/transparent - gills with white blobs on end. Even saw some of the wreck. Vis excellent. Sandy bottom with dead men's fingers growing out of it.	own
238	12 Jul 1985	Isle Martin	Loch Broom	North-west Scotland	Scotland	38	12	15	Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen	Dived on north coast of the island. Very steep slopes alternating with vertical cliffs. One of the darkest, most lifeless dives I've ever had. Counted two cuckoo wrasse, several Devonshire cup corals and one unusual anemone. Good dive but a real contrast to the north coast.	own
239	12 Jul 1985	Leuim an Fheidh	Cliffs to north of Isle Martin, Loch Broom	North-west Scotland	Scotland	30	9	11	Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen	This dive made the previous one look teeming with life. The proverbial boulder slope, with life limited to cup coral and squat lobsters. Water very dark due to peaty run-off from the hills. Saw more of those strange anemones [sea cucumbers].	own
242	3 Aug 1985	Loch Long		Clyde	Scotland	31	18	22	Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen, Graham Russell, Sarah McCracken	Forecast SW 5 so called off the 'Kintyre' and dived at the usual spot in Loch Long. Straight down to 30m in very clear water, torch beams lighting first on a washing machine, then on huge boulders covered with anemones and feather duster worms. At 18 minutes ascended to 5m and spent another half hour among plumose anemones, wrasse, codling, blennies, crabs and clabby-doos. Good dive.	own

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Country

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227

4 Jul 1985

Doris

Skye

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen

One of the best dives ever for marine life. Ballan wrasse, pollack, dogfish, cup coral (fluorescent green or red centres), anemones (similar to cup coral and dahlia), huge purple and red sunstars, sponges 1 foot high. Very unusual nudibranch: 1.5 inches long, white/transparent - gills with white blobs on end. Even saw some of the wreck. Vis excellent. Sandy bottom with dead men's fingers growing out of it.

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238

12 Jul 1985

Isle Martin

Loch Broom

North-west Scotland

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen

Dived on north coast of the island. Very steep slopes alternating with vertical cliffs. One of the darkest, most lifeless dives I've ever had. Counted two cuckoo wrasse, several Devonshire cup corals and one unusual anemone. Good dive but a real contrast to the north coast.

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239

12 Jul 1985

Leuim an Fheidh

Cliffs to north of Isle Martin, Loch Broom

North-west Scotland

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen

This dive made the previous one look teeming with life. The proverbial boulder slope, with life limited to cup coral and squat lobsters. Water very dark due to peaty run-off from the hills. Saw more of those strange anemones [sea cucumbers].

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242

3 Aug 1985

Loch Long

Clyde

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Carole Mullen, Graham Russell, Sarah McCracken

Forecast SW 5 so called off the 'Kintyre' and dived at the usual spot in Loch Long. Straight down to 30m in very clear water, torch beams lighting first on a washing machine, then on huge boulders covered with anemones and feather duster worms. At 18 minutes ascended to 5m and spent another half hour among plumose anemones, wrasse, codling, blennies, crabs and clabby-doos. Good dive.

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