English Weather

[photek1000]

So who else has been totally blown out or had to change plans this weekend.

Had a top weekend planned on Dive Eclipse, Alex Van Opstal Tomorrow and the M2 Sunday Morning, now both dives downgraded to inside or just outside the Portland Breakwater.

Now diving is still diving but I'd set myself on seeing the M2 before the end of the year (season) ah well roll on next year.

Well maybe this should be in the rant section lol

So who else is not doing what they planned?

[ratcliffe]

No diving lost, but bl00dy hell its cold here this evening!

[DanE]

Had a look at the forecast for the weekend back on Wednesday with a view to booking something this weekend.

Decided then that organising some training in a puddle was a better option. If the weather carries on like this, I might even qualify as a DL!

dan

[Scuby]

The *ONE* thing I can say about Stoney... at least we can dive when its windy.

Unfortunately, i'll be on the way there far too soon... leaving home at 4.30!!! ... and i'm only in Coventry

And if they don't give us any space around our minibus i'll go mental!!!

David

[photek1000]

I guess at least at portland I'll be able to park closer to the water than Stoney. (With out queing (sp) from 5 am)

Just need to convince my buddy to stay for Sunday and that diving two sites we've seen way to many times will be ok.

I personally don't care as long as I dive, this will probably be my last full weekend this year so wets wet to me.

[DVR]

The welsh weather is no better, the last three weeks have been awful, wind and rain almost every day, I hope it stops in time for lighting the bonfire, kids dont seem bothered but there will be a lot of sulking adults if we can't play with the fireworks

[photek1000]

Sorry shouldn't have left the other nations out, so please revise to Bloody British Weather.

Well made it out today on the eclipse to do two dives, basically inside the breakwater, so the landing craft in the am and an unknown in the pm, both virtually zero viz and dark.

Good fun none the less, but decided to knock it on the head for tomorrow as it's not going to improve and the point of going was to do the M2, and that aint gonna happen.

Hope you all had fun where ever you managed to get a dip.

Cheers

[Clare Gledhill]

We were booked to do the Buccaneer tomorrow. Cancelled

Luckily with Breakwater's new regime we don't get forced to swap a mix dive for a harbour dive. 21/35 on the Dredger would be too painful.

So it's off to Vobster we go... at least we get to get wet... even if the kit will smell of duck poo - it won't need washing after

Anyone coming to say hello?

[flw]

We got to a point half way through the week, where th sun was shining, the wind was blowing one way, but the swell was going the opposite way
Decided on a shore dive wednesday, having forgotton about the run-off from a loch, surge, a maximum visbility of 3m - best bit was messing about on the beach.
Yesterday, knowing the weather was due to blow up, 3 of us headed out early from Lerwick.Almost flat seas, but with a long swell. Round the top of Bressay, pausing here and then to look for drop off's on the Eastern side.
Gave myself a bit of a fright, there's a bar between bressay and Noss, convinved myself it never gets shallower than 6m - 2.3m made me slwo down at bit.
Got the wreck on the GPS, first pass over the mark, wreck came up, so we anchored in. Fraoch Ban. 15m long sand eel boat capsised about 6 years ago. On her side in 30m. Came into view at about 9m down, whole wreck in view. Not so many fish as earlier in the year, still plenty of pipefish, crabs, devonshire cup-corals - the radar screen is now covered. Got slightly jammed in teh wheelhouse when curiosity go the better of me and the draws behind the wheel.
Back on board, our turn to wait - made warmer with hot ribena and chocolate biscuits Then away to the south, where is was a little choppier. Quick look at one site, deciding the caves would be a nightmare, and carry on to the lighhouse on the SW corner. Happy halve hour pottering around ther stern of the lunokhods, seals playing around, the bigger determined to scare us. The smaller one had hold of the anchor line at one point.
Hot chocolate ( hardships!) then call to the harbour before heading back up the sound.
This morning? - mirror calm at 7:30, opened the curtains, jumped out of bed - a F5-6 and building by the time I'd made it 20miles south - oh well, can't win them all - and I've managed to knock over a fuel can in the car - yuk, have to leave the window down tonight to see if it evaporates by tomorrow

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by photek1000

Hope you all had fun where ever you managed to get a dip.

We managed to burn nearly 50 bar of air in a very popular Belgian quarry today. This site, the quarry at Lillé, near Liege, is much enjoyed by many local divers. Sadly, this is because it has a good resturant in the clubhouse......

Saw some big carp, but turned the dive at 8m due to really shit vis.

Lack of rain (honest) has seen water levels fall here in most inland sites. Our local res is now some 7m below normal. Its also autumn so the leaves are falling. Hence more shit vis.

I guess a few more weeks and the snow will start and the water ice up. The local tyre places are doing deals on snow tyres and today's water temp was just 12....

Believe it or not I really miss the UK for its diving..... We are thinking of coming back despite stupid house prices, shit food, chavs, Blair, diesel at €1.40 a litre and rip-off O2 cleaning of tanks. Please keep posting about the bad weather so I feel better...

many thanks

Chris