Great day, up at stupid o-clock and tom tom said I needed 2 hours to get to the marina, wrong, did it in 1hr 25 mins (observing the speed limit all the way of course
) so I even had time for a macmuck sandwich for breakfast once the kit was on the boat. Met Ian and Robert for the first time good to see that Ian has the same great taste as Prometheus and me in dry suits.
Should seaskin offer discounts to YD members? T R Thomson seems like a great wreck, Paul did a great job with the shot and we all jumped in Ratty Prometheus and I dived as a 3, someone turned the lights out at about 18 m and I was pleased to see my new salvo working brilliantly. I led for the 1st half of the dive just cos I got to the bottom first, then Prometheus took over for the 2nd half. had a good crawl over the wreck in 2m to 3m of vis (far better than the last time I dived out of Brighton). Back at the surface I was pleased to see that I wasn't the only one with rust stains all over my suit.
2nd dive was the most exciting drift I've done all year, having said that it was the 1st. Frankly it was good being in the water but there is more life in the sahara. Ratty did a good job of spotting a nice lobby but I couldn't get at him so he lives to go in the pot another day.
Credits also go to Weazelz, Hebails, MJH, for being great company. Thanks all of you, team photo to follow
Oh and was it wrong of us to laugh when we heared from MJH that there were loads of folk up at Wraysbury who had been blown out while we were sitting on a near flat calm blue sea in the sunshine?
Pappa Smurf