There are times in my life when my mind, to avoid the partial misery or boredom of my surroundings, switches off and my imagination takes me to a happy place. Tonight was one such time.
When I'm cold I sometimes remember my second wedding anniversary when Gill and I climbed a small hill in rural Tanzania and watched the sun set over the distant East African Great Rift Valley. It was winter, but I still remember the warmth of the sun's dying rays hitting my face.
Tonight I found myself in that place, only I was accompanied by TDFKAMF and Fast Ed.
I assume most of you don't speak Swahili (neither do I to any significant level) so I'll translate the blog title - Two Snow Piers.
Recent cold weather had meant our trip to Twin Piers, Loch Long was a snowy affair. We kitted up in the cold and headed into the water. Straight away TDFKAMF had a free flow and also a drysuit problem which ruled him out. I think he'd later be thankful.
So Ed and I headed down to 25m passing the chassis of an abandoned vehicle and the remains of the old barge before finally stumbling across some life on the reef.
As we returned, the shallower we got the closer we came to lingering snow melt. It was cold (4-5c). Swimming back at 5m I went to my aforementioned special place.
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| Curious Conger |
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| Baby Conger |
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| Horny Hermits |
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