lochaline april 08

[SilvaFish]

Originally Posted by Steven

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you don't fancy writing it then?? the trip report?

S

Am at work. If I start to type furiously, everyone will look to see what I'm up to!

[Robin Jones]

Originally Posted by SilvaFish

Am at work. If I start to type furiously, everyone will look to see what I'm up to!

Surely they will just think you are being your usual highly productive self?

[SilvaFish]

Originally Posted by Robin Jones

Surely they will just think you are being your usual highly productive self?

ROFL!!!!!!!






Of course!

[fatboy]

thanks to Joe for running this trip its been 18 months since id been to mull

excellent trip
nice diving,
good people
thanks to Simon TW for keeping me awake on the trip there and back.

[Timbo]

May I be so bold as to present a trip report.....

Friday 4th
Arrive at Lochaline at 12.30pm after 9 hour trip in Marks Dive Bus,
Accommodation is functional and rooms are allocated ,,meet Joe and Mike Clarke the photographer.

Down at the jetty for ropes off at 3pm,, Marks got his dads suit!!!!!!!! after some frantic phone calls ,wifey agrees to meet him with suit at Stirling for a night of Luurv..what a diamond !!!
Dive the Grey Rocks for a shakedown,seemed to go ok, viz..3meters
Go to hotel for Guinness pie and chips with Guinness,,,,,then bed to listen to the Uni lot having a last night of mischief,,,bless em !!

Saturday 5th
Mark makes it back from Stirling for the 9am ropes off with his own suit,,and a smile,,
Others have arrived and join the boat..
Dive the Hispania,, Excellent dive ,,except Mark floods Veecam at 16 metres,,,Smokin !!!
Viz..8mtres ,,
Second dive on the Thesis,,, again good dive ,,very scenic,, viz..5meters
Return for an evening meal of Gammon and chips with Guinness,,we are invited to view Mike Clarke,s excellent pictures of the day, down at the old Post office..

Sunday 6th
Cooked breakfast and off to dive the Rhonda,, Mark needs a 35 meter + dive so it's done and most enjoyed but Joe's Pair got dragged off the wreck early on in the dive so she was a bit pissed..viz..5meters.
Second dive done on the John Preston reef, a slate wreck with a good wall and a shelf at 20 meters of Welsh roofing slates...lots of interesting beasties around,,,viz 4 meters.
Third dive of the day is the scallop run near the Thesis,,bit sparse as the uni lot had previously picked over the site,, tried between 2 and 12 meters and maybe managed a dozen between us..viz..1-4 meters
Dinner at the hotel again,, Haddock and chips with Guinness!!!

Monday 7th
Cooked breakfast again and ropes off at 0830,,dive the Shuna ,,,silty but some excellent life on the hull..viz..2meters+dark.
Second dive done at the Thesis again,,nice relaxing dive,,viz..3 meters and back to the showers by 1300hrs to leave Lochaline by 1530hrs and head home..

Thanks to Joe for her most efficient organisation skills
and to the most proficient Skipper of the Peregrine .......Alan

Thanks also to Simon,,,AKA Mr Incredible,,, for explaining the insides of his Inspo for us

For the record.....
Corran Ferry cost £6.50 each way
Friday's dive cost £15
Lunches £5 each day ...Rolls,goodies and soup with a most excellent walnut cake on Sunday !!
Air fills on the boat regardless of size.. £3.50

All round a damned fine weekend I would say !!!!

Timbo

Piccy's to follow.......????

[SilvaFish]

Green on it's way for that succinct trip report!

(Steven had his chance and missed it )

piccies, and I was the only one without a camera!

[Colin Marriott]

Originally Posted by Timbo

[snip]

Dive the Hispania,, Excellent dive ,,except Mark floods Veecam at 16 metres,,,Smokin !!!

[snip]

You are joking aren't you?

I thought they were un-floodable?

ColinM

[Steven]

hey Timbo
good report
breakfasts were great - thanks - obviously I don't do mornings!!

I will echo
thanks Jo its been a great weekend, thank you for organizing and inviting

met new friends

I have one or two pics too

steven

[Steven]

Originally Posted by Colin Marriott

You are joking aren't you?

I thought they were un-floodable?

ColinM

and white smoke!!!!!

no he wasn't joking!!!

S

[Timbo]

I was just bimbling along,,when I was exposed to this...

View My Video

So shocked was I , that I dropped me camera !!!!!