Cuttlery Draw

Rob Spray · Issue 47, Mar/Apr 2009 · pp. 66–69

Products mentioned: Olympus E-330, 50mm macro lens, 1.4x teleconverter, 7-14mm wideangle lens

We British are often portrayed as prudes while our European neighbours are considered sophisticated love machines. This isn’t entirely fair but it’s one reason why so many of us holiday abroad… and in Europe the place to go for erotic thrills is Holland! We first heard about cuttlefish breeding by the Zeelandbrug from Dutch divers at an Indonesian resort. Strangely we learnt about the gathering in Holland before discovering a similar event in England, now that we’ve heard how greedy fishing threatens that gathering it seems all the more appropriate to relay our Dutch experiences. Destination Duiveland! The encouragingly named Island of Schouwen-Duiveland in the province of Zeeland is roughly 15 miles long and 7 high (smaller than Malta) so getting around is easy. Even more so because it’s very, very flat and you can often see your destination in the distance! We chose to stay at De Kabbe…