Having been away with work I haven't been diving in about 10 days. Meanwhile my pals have been diving in various locations an have been very smug about it on social media websites.
Today was my first chance to get wet. Myself and Mr Fallsoveralot were meeting at
Aquatron before potentially heading to the
Caves. While at the shop, in walked Fast Ed who happened to have his kit in the boot of his car. A few smooth words of seduction and he was willing to abandon his wife for the afternoon to join us. :)
So we headed up to the Caves only to find the small stream in full flow and visibility likely to be poor. We therefore headed further down the road to the
A-Frames to do a dive that would break his depth record, but stay within the limits of his training (30m).
Leading the dive out in poor visibility my plan had been to dive to the big frame, then head down past the deep frame before turning back once we reached our desired depth. In the poor visibility however and fairly swift current I missed it. Instead, we ended up overshooting and heading down to around 29m before turning back and hitting the deep frame and what I normally call frame 2.
The depth and different route meant we encountered plenty of sea cucumbers, peacock worms, a firework anemone and a decent array of fish and crabs. Sadly, Ed also spotted fishing lure, and I found a plastic bag (floating at 20m) from East Dunbartonshire Council ironically promoting greener more sustainable behaviour
In total it was 45 minutes and by the time we surfaced the rain and poor vis was enough to dampen our enthusiasm for another dive. However, Grant recorded a whopping 29.2m on his computer - smashing his depth record.
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| Peacock worm |
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| Pink spotted sea cucumber |
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| East Dunbartonshire logo |
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| Clean environment |
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| Peacock worm |
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| Hermit crab, dead man's finger and sea squirt |
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| Buried edible crab |
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