Country diary: Watching the divers’ disappearing act

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Country diary: Watching the divers’ disappearing act

Blyth, Northumberland: In front of a wind-turbine backdrop, they take it in turns to plunge into the depths of the North Sea – and emerge some distance awayMy father-in-law used to come fishing here. It was only worthwhile, he says, when there was a good northeasterly. But then the trouble was that you had to stand on Blyth beach in a good northeasterly.The wind is from the east today, but it’s brisk rather than wild. It’s late afternoon and the…