Day at the lake September 18, 2006
Posted by chris in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe new wing is here and so the weekend was testing time. We spent Saturday morning messing about doing weighting and general kit faffing after my friend’s visit from Australia. She wanted to have a short dive with us so we lent her a drysuit (too big) and split one set of gear in half to make two single tanks setups.
All that needed to be re-configured and checked over.
Sunday we decided to just do a gentle dive to enjoy the reasonable vis and fish life at this time of year. Kelly wanted to do a couple of OOG drills as well and we agreed that we would “spring” these on one another without warning at moments of boredom.
I am very happy with the new wing (Custom Divers TDB) and the dive was pleasurable in the warmish, clearish water. There were loads of Perch and a couple of Pike. The smaller Pike has taken up residence beneath the boat pontoons and hopefully will be a feature there until the water cools. At one point he swam behind Kelly and was chasing the little Perch she was disturbing, using her as his own little hunting station.
The OOG drills were OK but the 1.5m hoses are too short on anything but a stab, so I need to get some 2m ones. This coming weekend is the practice dives for the cavern course then its off to France for the real thing. At last some diving to write about. I’ll get a film for the camera!!
Washout 2 September 6, 2006
Posted by chris in : Uncategorized , add a commentOur week in France started windy and hot. Too windy - the vis was not promising. The dive shop suggested we joined the “advanced” dive Saturday morning. Hopefully one of the wrecks we have been trying to do for a while.
We thought we would have a go off the beach meantime but the water was too cold for our shorties. Last year it was 24C.. Oh well.
On Saturday morning we got up and left the flat at about 5.00 am and began the drive towards Marseille. It was misty and cold, at one point the car showed outside air temp as 13C (it was 35C the previous afternoon).
At the dive shop at 7.00 am it was still cold and a bit misty, but the wind had gone and as the sun broke the mist it looked like a decent morning. We were both tired, grumpy and uncomfortable after having got up at about 9 all the rest of the week’s holiday.
“What’s the dive?”
The skipper smiled “the big rock with the bear cave”. Hmm.. again? One of the most boring dives I can think of…
“Sorry…..”
We got back in the car and went home.
