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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / June 2006Any Shallow trips coming up
I've ummm had a bit of an absence and wish to get back into it but gently :D more for the kits sake than my own, it's been hung up for about two years now. EEK A buddy would be good too as Rob has buggered off with Digs :o) Fuzz > I've ummm had a bit of an absence and wish to get back into it but gently :D > more for the kits sake than my own, it's been hung up for about two years [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Fuzz Where in the UK are you Fuzz? Stef www.mostly-diving.co.uk >> I've ummm had a bit of an absence and wish to get back into it but gently >> :D [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Stef Inland :o( :o) Gloucestershire, not that it matters, I'll travel to somewhere I like the sound of.. I've not dived for a couple of years and thought I'd better get back into it being as I have a wardrobe full of expensive dive kit sat doing nothing. :o( If I get a trip planned it'll spur me on to dig out the cyls from the back of the garage, get them tested and the regs, and I suppose sort out a quick pool session to test it..... Otherwise I'll never get off my a.s and doing anything about it. This newsgroup seems dead compared to a few years ago, and none of my old friends sites are showing trips pending. Did yellow box fever kill everyone off or something?? -- Andy Andy Cookson = Fuzzy by the way... That's logging in on the laptop using outlook for you. <rolls eyes> -- Andy Hi Fuzz, Hope all is well. I still dive OC, albeit occasionally (diving altogether that is). Like you, the kit has been unused for a while. A recent sort out has identified the need for a new zip and seals on the drysuit (Otter want £200), new batteries for both computers (don't want to begin to guess what that will cost) and testing of twins, singles and stages. In addition, our compressor needs a new 4th stage, which although relatively cheap was ordered 8 weeks back and is still not in the country. Of course once you have your own source of fills, the cylinder testing requirements become a bit less black and white [lights touch-paper and stands well back]. I did have a snorkel the other day and aside from a fair bit of wild life was amazed to find a £10 note floating over the sand in about 6m of water. This is the second excursion to actually have a negative cost, the first being 4-5 years back on UKRS Plymouth where I earned £20 hacking some rope from a fishing boat prop just off of Bovi... I think if I ever get serious about diving again, I'll probably go the YBOD route. I wasn't far from doing Trimix when I stopped doing the more techie stuff and think doing mod1 then mod2 is probably a more direct route than building experience back up on OC. Probably won't happen this year though. Most of my time at the moment is soaked up in sea rowing. Andy Cox > Hi Fuzz, > > Hope all is well. <snip> > Andy Cox Ahh, one of the old crew :o) Ello mate, good to see at least one of you is still around... and getting wet. All is pretty good (apart from the lack of water). What's Meese, Rob, Digs, Steve and even your then good lady Jasmine up to thses days? Hope it all goes to plan anyway. Christ.. I just noticed your mail addy...How long is your bloody course. lol -- Andy > All is pretty good (apart from the lack of water). What's Meese, Rob, > Digs, Steve and even your then good lady Jasmine up to thses days? Meese is busy working, which probably gives me ample opportunity to insult him :) We just got back from Mexico. Did full cave over there. Nice dives. I've got loads of spaces left over August Bank Holiday out of Weymouth. Not sure 35m counts as shallow, though guess we could do 30m on the first day or two. St Dunstan or the Skye, or both. Anyone else interested? Jason  SignatureSee http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for UK diving reports including trips to Plymouth, Weymouth, Falmouth, Exmouth and Scapa Flow > Meese is busy working, which probably gives me ample opportunity to insult > him :) We just got back from Mexico. Did full cave over there. Nice dives. Mexico sounds nice... however caves do not. ;o) I remember you were always the one who had "just come back" from some far flung corner of the globe. lol > I've got loads of spaces left over August Bank Holiday out of Weymouth. > Not sure 35m counts as shallow, though guess we could do 30m on the first > day or two. St Dunstan or the Skye, or both. Anyone else interested? 30m lol Not what I'd call a refresher course is it. Although I was never one to be worried by my surroundings / vis / depth I'd rather "build back up to that" if you know what I mean. -- Andy > I've got loads of spaces left over August Bank Holiday out of Weymouth. > Not sure 35m counts as shallow, though guess we could do 30m on the first > day or two. St Dunstan or the Skye, or both. Anyone else interested? Hey, I'd love to, it would be great to catch up with everyone again, but I'm still in Sydney. ;-) And this may sound weird, but I'm seriously missing feeling my way round a decent wreck in the green darkness. but hopefully the upcoming trip to Truk will assuage the worst rusty metal cravings... Cheers, Huw Signaturehttp://www.huwporter.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/huwp >> I've got loads of spaces left over August Bank Holiday out of Weymouth. >> Not sure 35m counts as shallow, though guess we could do 30m on the first [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Cheers, >Huw what the hell you doing in aussie when the rainbow warrier, Waikato, Tui and others are over here in NZ, not to mention the Poor Knights Islands :D RNF > what the hell you doing in aussie when the rainbow warrier, Waikato, > Tui and others are over here in NZ, not to mention the Poor Knights > Islands :D I did the Rainbow Warrior in January. Nice enough, but way, way over hyped. Saw it described as one of the top 10 wreck dives in the world. It's a trawler. 2nd dive was rubbish, reminiscent of those Plymouth kelp dives I don't do anymore. Poor Knights were good though. Jason SignatureSee http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK > what the hell you doing in aussie when the rainbow warrier, Waikato, > Tui and others are over here in NZ, not to mention the Poor Knights > Islands :D Hey, if you'd have said Mikhael Lermontov you'd have had me... ;-) Cheers, Huw Signaturehttp://www.huwporter.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/huwp >> what the hell you doing in aussie when the rainbow warrier, Waikato, >> Tui and others are over here in NZ, not to mention the Poor Knights [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Cheers, >Huw hmm... you're british right... that mean you likely have a drysuit. you'd manage the MH then :P but didn't think of that since I dive a 5mm farmer john and the sounds are lil cold this time of year for that suit. > >> what the hell you doing in aussie when the rainbow warrier, Waikato, > >> Tui and others are over here in NZ, not to mention the Poor Knights [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > 5mm farmer john and the sounds are lil cold this time of year for that > suit. Yep, terrible viz, cold water... if only it had rough seas and strong currents the ML would be just like home! ;-) Cheers, Huw Signaturehttp://www.huwporter.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/huwp >> >> what the hell you doing in aussie when the rainbow warrier, Waikato, >> >> Tui and others are over here in NZ, not to mention the Poor Knights [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Cheers, >Huw never dived it myself, just the north island sites. but from what i hear the viz is supposed to be at least adequate, not poor :P but there can be a current depending on the tide. > Hey, I'd love to, it would be great to catch up with everyone again, but > I'm still in Sydney. ;-) Oh well, I suppose someone has to live there. I was over in Xmas and will be again this year, but won't be venturing south into NSW. We do have the HMAS Brisbane up that way, which I did last year, and it's a nice dive if a little sparse at the moment. > And this may sound weird, but I'm seriously missing feeling my way round a > decent wreck in the green darkness. but hopefully the upcoming trip to > Truk will assuage the worst rusty metal cravings... La la la la la la la la, can't hear you. Go to Vanuatu, it's only a 3 hours flight. Cheap when you get there too. Jason SignatureSee http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK > > Hey, I'd love to, it would be great to catch up with everyone again, but > > I'm still in Sydney. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > HMAS Brisbane up that way, which I did last year, and it's a nice dive if > a little sparse at the moment. Shucks, come a bit further south and I'll show you the wonders of Shelly Beach, which is where I've been spending the majority of my bottom time recently... http://www.huwporter.com/temp/Shelly_Beach_039.jpg Cheers, Huw Signaturehttp://www.huwporter.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/huwp > Shucks, come a bit further south and I'll show you the wonders of Shelly > Beach, which is where I've been spending the majority of my bottom time > recently... Got to visit the rellies, mate, and I'm only there for 10 days as I'm coming back via Sith Ifrica. > http://www.huwporter.com/temp/Shelly_Beach_039.jpg What sort of shark is that? Jason Signaturehttp://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including the Coral Sea, Ningaloo reef, the Solitaries and Byron Bay > > Shucks, come a bit further south and I'll show you the wonders of Shelly > > Beach, which is where I've been spending the majority of my bottom time > > recently... > > Got to visit the rellies, mate, and I'm only there for 10 days as I'm > coming back via Sith Ifrica. Fair enough, blood is thicker than salt water. Going to Gansbaai? > > http://www.huwporter.com/temp/Shelly_Beach_039.jpg > > What sort of shark is that? Juvenile dusky whaler: http://www.edaff.gov.au/nfpd/atlas/37018003.cfm http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/cobscurus.htm Cheers, Huw Signaturehttp://www.huwporter.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/huwp >> Got to visit the rellies, mate, and I'm only there for 10 days as I'm >> coming back via Sith Ifrica. > > Fair enough, blood is thicker than salt water. Going to Gansbaai? Plan? What's that? I've got 2.5 weeks to go from Jo'burg to Cape Town. Going to hire a car, so anything's a goer frankly. Have you got an appalling Aussie accent yet? I could take being accused of being an Aussie in NZ (just) but the final insult was when a load of Aussie backpackers in Chile thought I was one of them :( Jason Signaturehttp://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including Stradbroke Island, Terrigal, Jervis Bay and Portsea > I've got loads of spaces left over August Bank Holiday out of Weymouth. > Not sure 35m counts as shallow, though guess we could do 30m on the first > day or two. St Dunstan or the Skye, or both. Anyone else interested? I might be. It looks like I won't be spending most of the summer out the country as I was last year. Well, I'm off to Munich tomorrow for a while, then a week in Israel, then San Francisco the last week of July, but so far late August is clear... - Keith S. > What's Meese, Rob, Digs, Steve and even your then good lady Jasmine up to > thses days? I'm still here Fuzzy, doing lots of diving, (60 so far this year). But I agree with your earlier comment that the NG is dead compared with what it used to be like. Yes I'm one of those that bought a yellow box. Steve > What's Meese, Rob, Digs, Steve and even your then good lady Jasmine up to > thses days? Kind of lost touch with the others. Jasmine and I bought a house together a few years back and have been engaged for 3 years or so. We'll probably do the indecent deed one of these days, but no rush. She's done about as much diving as me of late, although has done a sea-search course and needs to put it into practice for her PhD. > Christ.. I just noticed your mail addy...How long is your bloody course. > lol Not that long! I graduated in '02, worked in IT support in the local council for 3 years and then used my trade union ties to defect to a job as a HR-Nazi running a job evaluation project... That was well and good until UWA came along last October with an indecent offer to come and do the same thing for them. So back where I started. Kind of sounds like the bit with the mounty from Due South when laid out like that... OT, but here are some of our latest exploits: www.andsl.org/rowing If you fancy a shallow trip later in the summer let me know. We find ourselves in Pembs quite a lot of late, so there could be potential for a bit of shore diving whilst there. Saturdays particularly, as most of our rowing races tend to take place on a Sunday. Andy Cox > Kind of lost touch with the others. Jasmine and I bought a house together > a few years back and have been engaged for 3 years or so. We'll probably > do the indecent deed one of these days, but no rush. She's done about as > much diving as me of late, although has done a sea-search course and needs > to put it into practice for her PhD. Oh you are still together then, that's good. Last I remember you had a "lovers tiff" in the Portland Hotel lol Now THAT was a few years ago..... eek! > Not that long! I graduated in '02, worked in IT support in the local > council for 3 years and then used my trade union ties to defect to a job > as a HR-Nazi running a job evaluation project... That was well and good > until UWA came along last October with an indecent offer to come and do > the same thing for them. So back where I started. Kind of sounds like > the bit with the mounty from Due South when laid out like that... > OT, but here are some of our latest exploits: www.andsl.org/rowing One would assume you're behind the camera judging by Jaz's face scowling back at you from the captains seat. :o) > If you fancy a shallow trip later in the summer let me know. We find > ourselves in Pembs quite a lot of late, so there could be potential for a > bit of shore diving whilst there. Saturdays particularly, as most of our > rowing races tend to take place on a Sunday. It would be cool to get a few of us older models back together for a dip somewhere... That sounds so wrong but it's late and I'm not re-wording it. :o) -- Andy ullo stranger... I've done over 40 dives this year alone (half in caves, half red sea) - Due in main to the wonders of actually having to earn my money, rather than just turn up and collect it :( Hopefully there'll be some nice clear water when I hit the UK waters on Trimix in a week or two :o and maybe all my broken kit will start working again? (oh.. and I have a new drysuit now! shock!) Be good to catch up with you in the waters again.. you were pretty good to dive with, if I recall correctly :) rich > ullo stranger... I've done over 40 dives this year alone (half in > caves, half red sea) - Due in main to the wonders of actually having [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > rich Cheers :o) Would that be because as soon as we were underwater we'd both disappear in different directions and then somehow miraculously bump into each other on the deco stop drift. haha Good to hear from you, hope you haven't wrapped that 350 up... -- Andy >Would that be because as soon as we were underwater we'd both disappear in >different directions and then somehow miraculously bump into each other on >the deco stop drift. haha > :) >Good to hear from you, hope you haven't wrapped that 350 up... still in one piece.. though got a flat right now.. bloody valves! and someone has borrowed my torque wrench :( > I did have a snorkel what's one of those Andy ;-) the other day and aside from a fair bit of wild life > was amazed to find a £10 note floating over the sand in about 6m of water. > This is the second excursion to actually have a negative cost, the first > being 4-5 years back on UKRS Plymouth where I earned £20 hacking some rope > from a fishing boat prop just off of Bovi... Yes using my snips as I recall, I never did get a lenders fee for that. Steve >> I did have a snorkel > > what's one of those Andy ;-) Desperate isn't it! I did drag the twins along too, but was a bit worried about the tidal state. I also guess making the first dive of the year a solo-dive would be a tad on the stupid side even by my standards. > Yes using my snips as I recall, I never did get a lenders fee for that. Well remembered! In hindsight, we should have let them drift a little more perilously closer to Bovi and then negotiated a fee... Andy > I've not dived for a couple of years and thought I'd better get back into > it being as I have a wardrobe full of expensive dive kit sat doing > nothing. :o( Hi Andy - long time no hear from you! I'm going to arrange a few trips with a couple of Gloucester/Cheltenham/Stroud types as soon as I get back from holiday (late July). Might do a bit of shore diving, get a boat, tag along on someone else's trip - hoo nose? Drop me a line if you're interested in being kept informed. Cheers, R. >> I've not dived for a couple of years and thought I'd better get back into >> it being as I have a wardrobe full of expensive dive kit sat doing [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Cheers, > R. I'm up to my ears in Landrover bits at the moment but will definitely be interested. Once you have a date sorted I can hatch a plan to be ready by. :o) I've not seen Kev at the dive shop for god know how long either..... -- Andy >>>I've ummm had a bit of an absence and wish to get back into it but gently >>>:D [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > -- > Andy I know what you mean re: the dead board, I lurked here for ages, posted a couple of times and check back every now and again to see if there might be anything interesting on. For the record I'm based in the Midlands so my local is Stoney Cove - but I escape to the coast as and when I can (our next trip is booked for 10 - 14 August). If you're interested send me an e-mail offline. Stef www.mostly-diving.co.uk |
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