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I'll make this a quick one as I'm still knackered, so I'll just get what we all dived out the way. I'm sure others will add;
Friday.
We all appeared at different times, some with good excuses and some without. Chris/Liz blew their radiator and Jules/Nick blew a tyre on the way up, but they got there in the end. I went in for a night dive with John M and got a magnificant 7mins TDT with the dizzying depth of 14mtrs to the top of the cliff. Looks like a cracking dive though I ended up solo(Johns reg was playing up, so he had headed back to shore) in a current taking me out into the Sound, looking down a 120mtr cliff. Decided the pub was a "MUCH" better option. Beers, banter and some Tequila shandies were consumed.
Saturday
Up for the first dive of the "weekend proper". Jules and Nick were still building a little love nest in Tyndrum so they never made this one. Onto the SHUNA for a nice enough dive with Derry(Rasilon), though it was here I discovered just how much deco. I was in store for this weekend. Did the usual profile and ended up with about 15mins instead of the common 4-5. Surface interval then onto the THESIS. As usual loads of life. Pollock, M+F Cuckoo Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Conger. The soft corals on the bow ribs of this wreck get better every time I dive her(Rob Evans's avatar was the Thesis at the Bow). Nice easy swim through from the bow to the Stern and back up the deck structures.
Greay dive. Longish deco time again.
Back to the lodges for showers, shaves and shits, then we went to the Hotel(Basiiiil) for dinner. Few more beers and off to bed.
Sunday
Jules wanted to do a "deepie" so we went to the RONDO. Pleasant enough dive(47.5mtrs, Mucho deco.). Saw Jules'n'Nick on the bottom.
Second dive was a scenic that I can't actually remember the name of and the third was a Scallop hunt.
Monday
Onto the HISPANIA. As usual a great dive. I keep finding wee holes I never knew were there. loads of life, same types as the Thesis, only much more of it.
sat and watched the porpoises and seals during the surface interval then onto another scenic which I can't remember the name of either.
Then we all went home!
Best dive-Hispania
Worst dive-Either of the scenics. Not my cup of tea really.
Peter
ZZZzzzzzzzzzz
I'll make this a quick one as I'm still knackered, so I'll just get what we all dived out the way. I'm sure others will add;
Friday.
We all appeared at different times, some with good excuses and some without. Chris/Liz blew their radiator and Jules/Nick blew a tyre on the way up, but they got there in the end. I went in for a night dive with John M and got a magnificant 7mins TDT with the dizzying depth of 14mtrs to the top of the cliff. Looks like a cracking dive though I ended up solo(Johns reg was playing up, so he had headed back to shore) in a current taking me out into the Sound, looking down a 120mtr cliff. Decided the pub was a "MUCH" better option. Beers, banter and some Tequila shandies were consumed.
Saturday
Up for the first dive of the "weekend proper". Jules and Nick were still building a little love nest in Tyndrum so they never made this one. Onto the SHUNA for a nice enough dive with Derry(Rasilon), though it was here I discovered just how much deco. I was in store for this weekend. Did the usual profile and ended up with about 15mins instead of the common 4-5. Surface interval then onto the THESIS. As usual loads of life. Pollock, M+F Cuckoo Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, Conger. The soft corals on the bow ribs of this wreck get better every time I dive her(Rob Evans's avatar was the Thesis at the Bow). Nice easy swim through from the bow to the Stern and back up the deck structures.
Greay dive. Longish deco time again.
Back to the lodges for showers, shaves and shits, then we went to the Hotel(Basiiiil) for dinner. Few more beers and off to bed.
Sunday
Jules wanted to do a "deepie" so we went to the RONDO. Pleasant enough dive(47.5mtrs, Mucho deco.). Saw Jules'n'Nick on the bottom.
Second dive was a scenic that I can't actually remember the name of and the third was a Scallop hunt.
Monday
Onto the HISPANIA. As usual a great dive. I keep finding wee holes I never knew were there. loads of life, same types as the Thesis, only much more of it.
sat and watched the porpoises and seals during the surface interval then onto another scenic which I can't remember the name of either.
Then we all went home!
Best dive-Hispania
Worst dive-Either of the scenics. Not my cup of tea really.
Peter
ZZZzzzzzzzzzz