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<font color='#000F22'>Just a quick rundown on this weekend's latest diving adventure in the Lake District.
Me, Ben, Stevie W and Tim Ing were with your friendly neighbourhood TDI Instructor Trainer Andy Hayhurst to do our Deco Procs course.
Me and Ben were booked in a twin room at The Dalesman and I was starting to get think that I've spent the last three weekends sleeping in same room as Ben on dive trips and Fi's getting worried!!!
Anyway, I pitch up on Friday and meet Ian (the guy that Ben went to Sharm with earlier this year) top bloke and doing his Adv Nitrox on Friday and Saturday and came out on Sunday for fun!
Saturday was spent at Conniston - a lake which is full of tea and mud - two dives both practising skills - mask off swims, shutdowns, stage drop and pick-up etc interspersed with Hayhurst doing the usual tricks and nonsense whilst laughing maniacally.
Saturday night was the usual chinese takeaway and lectures which finished at nearly midnight. I sware that Hayhurst was just trying to knacker us by reverting to sleep deprivation techniques.
Sunday and off to Wastwater to indulge in the sports of deco diving and dog chasing. The first dive was 35m for 25 mins then 1min deco stops at 18/15/12/9 and then switch to 100% at 6. Really simple and nothing I haven't done before but this time you've Hayhurst on the box laughing and singing and Simon doing impressions of a breakdancer simulating o2 hits.
Next dive and Andy is chasing after his dog - who is now dubbed Zoltan - hound of Dracula - even tho' he's a Manchester Terrier puppy. We were in the water for 50 minutes and Andy spent most of that chasing after the dog!
The course was certainly well worthwhile even tho I've done most of the theory before and done more of the practice it's a great chance to pull it all together and just get focused on the matter at hand.
I always learn something everytime I dive with Andy and Simon and not forgetting Rob who had travelled up from London.
It was great to see Stevie and Tim again and to meet Ian for the first time (the boy's got more good jokes than anybody I've met for a while).
Next stop will be another Clyde weekend trip in a couple of weeks time. Hoping to do the Wallachia again and maybe the Beagle and the Kintyre too !! More details in planned trips when I get 'em.
<font color='#000F22'>Just a quick rundown on this weekend's latest diving adventure in the Lake District.
Me, Ben, Stevie W and Tim Ing were with your friendly neighbourhood TDI Instructor Trainer Andy Hayhurst to do our Deco Procs course.
Me and Ben were booked in a twin room at The Dalesman and I was starting to get think that I've spent the last three weekends sleeping in same room as Ben on dive trips and Fi's getting worried!!!
Anyway, I pitch up on Friday and meet Ian (the guy that Ben went to Sharm with earlier this year) top bloke and doing his Adv Nitrox on Friday and Saturday and came out on Sunday for fun!
Saturday was spent at Conniston - a lake which is full of tea and mud - two dives both practising skills - mask off swims, shutdowns, stage drop and pick-up etc interspersed with Hayhurst doing the usual tricks and nonsense whilst laughing maniacally.
Saturday night was the usual chinese takeaway and lectures which finished at nearly midnight. I sware that Hayhurst was just trying to knacker us by reverting to sleep deprivation techniques.
Sunday and off to Wastwater to indulge in the sports of deco diving and dog chasing. The first dive was 35m for 25 mins then 1min deco stops at 18/15/12/9 and then switch to 100% at 6. Really simple and nothing I haven't done before but this time you've Hayhurst on the box laughing and singing and Simon doing impressions of a breakdancer simulating o2 hits.
Next dive and Andy is chasing after his dog - who is now dubbed Zoltan - hound of Dracula - even tho' he's a Manchester Terrier puppy. We were in the water for 50 minutes and Andy spent most of that chasing after the dog!
The course was certainly well worthwhile even tho I've done most of the theory before and done more of the practice it's a great chance to pull it all together and just get focused on the matter at hand.
I always learn something everytime I dive with Andy and Simon and not forgetting Rob who had travelled up from London.
It was great to see Stevie and Tim again and to meet Ian for the first time (the boy's got more good jokes than anybody I've met for a while).
Next stop will be another Clyde weekend trip in a couple of weeks time. Hoping to do the Wallachia again and maybe the Beagle and the Kintyre too !! More details in planned trips when I get 'em.
