My Farrworld C&OE course last weekend

[Kirstie]

Good for you, girl, sounds like you thoroughly enjoyed the course. Maybe I will do it, after all........

[Scuttler]

Congratulations

Nice report

And yes, you're barking

[Mark Chase]

Fantastic report, I realy enjoyed reading it.

Thanks & congratulations thats some good diving and in water confidance after so few dives.

ATB

Mark Chase

[SoggyFox]

you nutter.

well done.

[peterdevlin]

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

The dives – “and this is where the story really starts”

Excellent posting ... brings back happy memories of my first dive in Silica ... Silica Mine is a fabulously atmospheric site.

The way Martyn uses it to give a sense of going quite far in (from dive base) while all the time being very close to air space is great.

Thanks for the posting.

Ciao,
Peter

[Dangerousa]

Excellent report.

(Possibly) the only reason you would get me out of the salty stuff into fresh.

So any chance of an explanation of why this area has grabbed you from such an early stage of your diving?

[Letz]

Originally Posted by Dangerousa

Excellent report.

(Possibly) the only reason you would get me out of the salty stuff into fresh.

So any chance of an explanation of why this area has grabbed you from such an early stage of your diving?

Thank you

The cavern/cave diving grabbed me the moment I saw anything on it. I must admit I was aspiring to cave dive when I only had about 25 dives, obviously I had to wait a bit and my development, having joined a BSAC club and met some great diving mates through the forums, progressed well this year.

My motivation for going to the Guildford DiverSE06 this year was Martyn's talk and then that was it, I had to get on a Farrworld course.

I think I've always had a bit of a thing for caves as, when I look back, I seemed to have found myself visiting them whenever I 'stumbled' across them I never considered myself capable of going 'caving' though. I'm considering that a bit now.

I also found as my diving progressed that I just need to ''get in' things. I'm sure there must be some deep psychological theory that goes with that LOL

[peterdevlin]

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

Thank you

The cavern/cave diving grabbed me the moment I saw anything on it. I must admit I was aspiring to cave dive when I only had about 25 dives, obviously I had to wait a bit and my development, having joined a BSAC club and met some great diving mates through the forums, progressed well this year.

My motivation for going to the Guildford DiverSE06 this year was Martyn's talk and then that was it, I had to get on a Farrworld course.

I think I've always had a bit of a thing for caves as, when I look back, I seemed to have found myself visiting them whenever I 'stumbled' across them I never considered myself capable of going 'caving' though. I'm considering that a bit now.

I also found as my diving progressed that I just need to ''get in' things. I'm sure there must be some deep psychological theory that goes with that LOL

I can echo these comments ... I did Martyn's Cavern course about 4 years ago and have since become a very active dry caver and cave diver (based on my enjoyment of Martyn's course)... I keep meaning to do some open water diving, but when I get a weekend or day free I tend to just pack up my caving and cave diving gear and head off to get underground ..... like open water diving, being underground (dry or wet) is a very immediate way of engaging in the environment, possibly even more intensely given the care that must be taken .... And if Silica Mines is nice wait until you get underwater in a real cave.

Ciao,
Peter

[Mark Powell]

Nice report.

For UK cave diving Martyn is really the only option. (or Phil Short)

[MDS]

Originally Posted by peterdevlin

.... And if Silica Mines is nice wait until you get underwater in a real cave.

I can vouch for that!