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The next morning, we were up early for a full breakfast – I always like to stock up well first thing when I am going to be out at sea all day. Next came the laborious task of ferrying all our dive kit, rebreathers, weights, bailout cylinders and scooters along the jetty and onto the dive boat.

Finally, after working up a bit of a sweat, it was done, and it was time for ropes off. Our skipper skilfully took the boat away from the jetty and we moved slowly north-east out of the quaint, ancient fishing harbour. As we left the harbour, the mainland was to our left and local skerries to our right. To our north and east lay the North Sea.

Once in open water, we turned to the north-west and began to motor up towards the Firth of Forth – towards the last resting place of Pathfinder. It was a warm calm day, the early morning sunlight sparkling off the blue water and casting long shadows. We passed the rocky foreshore and cliffs of the famous St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve on our port beam, before leaving the land behind as we headed out into the open expanse of the Firth of Forth. Our destination lay far offshore.