First divers in were: Wayne and Phil, with
Wayne determined to make the most of the reported good viz so he took along his
wide angled lens to see what his camera may find. . Captain Caz was diving
alongside her partner in crime Joanna for a fun dive they both seemed to have
come out rather pleased after the dive. Jennifer, Ian and Tony with Ian in a
brand new dry suit for the first time Jennifer was obviously quite mad, being
in a semi-dry suit in what would be considered cold water again, even though
she had been in the water earlier in the year and it was also cold. Ben Fraser
was diving with Simon and his many cylinders. Ben C, Jenny Walker and Parish
were in completing a number of ocean diver skills. With Paula, Katie and Cheryl
L completing the first if the dives. The
first dives they were all spoilt as it was so clear, some even looked up from
where they were diving and could see the surface and the sun beams shining
through
After about half an hour and lots of divers
coming in and out the group were on the surface except for Ben C, Jenny Walker
and Parish who had probably gotten a bit lost on their way back to the surface.
There were some cold faces and a number of cheeseburgers being brought by the
divers as part of their ‘I’m so cold I need to warm up phase’. Not long after
this they decided to jump back in to the cold and merky water again. This time
most of the divers had switched partners and Dougal even joined Simon and Phil
for a dive. Paula, Jennifer and Ian seemed to have a laugh as they were doing a
number of gymnastic moves, which are positively Jennifer’s favourite thing to
do whilst diving in open water. Thanks to Paula’s navigational skills and the
fact that the visibility had gone they had all gotten quite a bit lost and
ended up in the middle of the lake. Caz
and Ben had a short but sweet dive but still had fun.
Some of the group were rather cold after
two dives and decided to call it a day so they got changed, however there were
what would be called some keen divers who wanted to get their money’s worth and
went in for a third dive aka (Wayne camera at the ready, Not so good at navigating
Paula,). Wayne seemed too had taken quite a number of fantastic photos using
his lense that allows him to see even the smallest pieces of dirt. Hmmm dirt isn’t there one hundred and one
types of mud in Wraysbury J
About half an hour later all of the group
were out and were all in warmer clothing at last after the coldest days diving
to some of them, most of the divers were munching on a lot of food because they
were cold.
A huge thank you must go to Martin who was
superman on the surface, Tony, Ben C and Paula for taking in the trainees,
Simon for coming along for a good days diving and of course to Ben F, Katie,
Cheryl L, Ian, Phil, Parish, Joanna for diving during the day. But the biggest
thank you must go to Captain Caz and her Camera mad husband Wayne for all their
hard work planning the dives and the day.
Oh and who says 7 degrees is cold.
