"Ahoy there, a trip to the Celtic Deep"

On Saturday 26.August myself and best mate Neil Davies joined Cliff Benson and other members of Sea Trust West Wales on a pelagic aboard Cartlett Lady out of Neyland Marina to the Celtic Deep about 26 miles offshore from Pembrokeshire in the hope of catching up with some whales and dolphins and any seabirds that may decide to put in an appearance, we were not to be disappointed !!
After the obligatory bacon baguette in the marina café we set off and after only an hour or so connected with our first Common Dolphins, the first of 500-600 we were to see throughout the day.
We were lucky to obtain two unidentified whale sightings and one obliging Minke Whale, we also saw hundreds of Manx Shearwaters, one Loggerhead Turtle, two Grey Seals miles out at sea, four or five Blue Sharks, five European Storm Petrels, hundreds of Blue Fin Tuna, hundreds of Gannets and a number of Fulmers, disappointingly we didn't connect with either of the large shearwaters or a Sooty.
This however didn't detract from a fantastic day out and one which will live long in my memory, we set off at 10.00am and returned at 6.15pm so a long day out and here are a selection of photos from the trip........