| What a good day to dive - the weather was clear, the wind light, sea state slight, good company, .....
The hardest part was getting up at a silly time for a 1.5hour drive for a supposed 7.30am cast-off. Met a fewfamiliar faces and some new ones.
The first dive was a bit murky so we didn't manage to locate the 4.7 inch gun that was supposed to be at the stern. However, plenty of fish life to look at and a massive lobster that retreated into the wreck rather than be fried by the torch! Suggestions by my buddy to risk my fingers were, of course, ignored; where was Mr Kelland when he’s really needed to provide entertainment by such foolishness! Gentle ascent by all with the exception of Mr Polaris who raced up at 10m / min in spite of using a computer!
Hot chocolate, cake and a base tan layer for my next trip to Egypt were worked on between dives.
The start of the second dive was more of a swim than diving as I re-enacted that Eureka moment of (re-)discovering Archimedes principle! It certainly amused the skipper and those not diving when I popped up to be handed my weight belt from under the bench. After that it was a gentle drift across a large muscle bed with large starfish feeding on them.
Many thanks to Marieanne for organising a throroughly enjoyable day
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