http://gledders.thedeepstop.com The Hampshire branch of DNUE ;o) Thu, 17 May 2007 19:33:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en DIR Diver - Peacock Springs http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2007/05/17/dir-diver-peacock-springs/ Day 6 Car Wash return and The Temple of Doom   I drove to Zero Gravity and was very pleased to be greeted by Chris who asked whether I had been avoiding him all week. He had just finished a Cave 1 course and was catching up in the office. Fred turned ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/12/18/mexico-day-6/ Day 5 - Mayan Blue. Another morning at the beach (although this time in the rain) left me heading to join Steve and Fred at Mayan Blue. I’d heard about this cave from Bob and was keen to see it. We arrived at the cenote amid a cloud of mosquitoes who all ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/12/18/mexico-day-5/ Day 4 No Hoch na Chich  I spend the morning on the beach to recharge my batteries – I’ll need them as this afternoon it’s time to go back to No Hoch J No Hoch na Chich – this is truly the most beautiful place on earth and my first dive here ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/12/18/mexico-day-4/ Day 3 Yax Muul and Dos Ojos Fred asked whether I had been to Yax Muul, I replied that I thought I had but when we arrived at the site it was new to me – I would certainly have remembered the walk and the stairs had I done them before! Yax ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/12/18/mexico-day-3/ Day 2. Grand Cenote and Car Wash Fred and I were joined by Steve from Seattle today – we would be diving as a three until Friday. We loaded up the truck and headed off to Grand Cenote. I dived Grand Cenote’s cavern line last time I was here and it is ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/12/18/mexico-day-2/ Day 1 Taj Mahal  I arrive at Zero Gravity and met up with Fred Devos, who I had briefly met in Florida, and who would show me round this week. Fred is DIR Mexico’s newest GUE Fundamentals/Cave 1 Instructor but has been teaching with other cave agencies for a long time. ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/12/18/mexico-2006-day-1/ If anyone suggested to me that I should dive the same wreck 17 times in a row, I’d say they were daft. How boring that would be – when there is so much to see. So why have I done 17 dives in Ginnie Springs over the last two weeks through ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/11/10/getting-to-know-ginnie/ DIR UK September 2006 M2, Unknown, Illinois, Pangani Been looking forward to this weekend for a while – four days of diving off Wey Chieftain. Unfortunately, get to Weymouth on Friday to find that weather forecast is not great for the Saturday and diving is looking a bit iffy. Grahame being ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/09/28/dir-uk-september-06-m2-unknown-illinois-pangani/ Donegal Ireland DIR UK 2006Fraser and I managed to set off for Ayr very early so a quick interrogation of the Sat Nav suggested that I could go south round Birmingham and wave my husband Nigel off on his first dive of his PADI OW at Stoney Cove. Fraser and I ... http://gledders.thedeepstop.com/2006/09/09/donegal-2006/