stoney cove

[geoff]

Completing our open water PADI this weekend ( LE9 4DW)

anyone live anywhere near for a possible meet this saturday?

[Tim+]

Brrrrrr!! That takes me back. What a fecking horrible place to dive. Water temperature seemed to hang around 4C all year round. Like having icicles hammered into your forehead.

Tim

[Huge]

It isn't *that* bad. I used to fill my wetsuit(*) with hot water from the showers before getting in, and the cheeseburgers in the pub were nice.

Hah. St.Albans Subaqua Club used to do a New Years Day dive there. Slipping on the ice while getting in/out was always a strong possibility.

Need a better fitting hood. I got to the point where the only bits of me in direct contact with the water were my lips.

It is (was) like diver soup, though. The only place I've been down with one buddy and come up with a different one ...

(* In the days when I dived in a wetsuit.)

[Baz]

Good Luck. I did my Open Water in Winter. Christmas Eve to be precise. But we where in the Red Sea. And I was a bit chilly then! Baz

[Andy Champ]

Be cold enough on top, never mind going under. Though come to that it may be warmer underneath this weekend!

But HTF did they get a Viscount down there?

Andy

[Huge]

It's only the first 20 feet or so, and they craned it out over the edge and dropped it ...

[Ferretygubbins]

The club I learnt with (Leicestershire Scout Sub Aqua Unit) had (*) a tradition of putting a Christmas tree complete with lights and music in - usually on the 7m shelf. That tended to involve industrial quantities of cable ties, silicone sealant and car batteries so not that far off topic really.

(*) Certainly back in the late 80's to mid 90's not sre if they still do it.

[Huge]

That's seriously kewl.

[geoff]

Taraaaa!

PADI open water qualified

I shall sleep well tonight

[Huge]

Well done!!!