Stoney 23rd December
Day started early for me when I left to pick Frase up from Heathrow airport. Wow they really know how to screw you with car park charges there in the short stay car park… scary :o)
His flight was late (Fraser late - no shit!) but we still got off for Stoney in good time - where we met Mal Bridgeman and Al. Al and Frase were going to go in on teh Gavins while Mal and I did a skills dive in preparation for his trimix course with Frank.
We had a good dive - accompanied in the first few minutes by the pike - and a chat on the surface over what Mal can do to improve a few areas which he believes need a bit of work before the course.
We then joined Al and Frase (who was bouncing from the Gavin encounter) for a dive. I took three stages on the dive but when Al suggested that we swim through the Stanegarth I handed one off to Frase - tbh I think I’d have got stuck if I hadn’t!!!
When we exited the boat, Al swam off a bit quick, and me being me decided to emphasise this by going OOA - yup, I know - bitch :o) A good dive followed by a comfortable ascent - nice to have the team together again.
Merry Christmas :oD
