Local dive site, Eccleston Delph . Not the best site and vis is usually poor, as it was was for much of today, but its 20 mins from home so very convenient. We’re going to the better site next week at Capernwray. We’re very fortunate having 2 sites within an hour.
Target for this this year is to dive Wastwater in the Lake District, but its pretty remote and deep so we need to be up to the task…
Bloke I work with dives but hasn’t been for a while, he used to do Scapa each summer for a few years.
Has trouble with his back, so not sure if he will continue.
We’ll hopefully get to Scapa sometime, but with under 16s at home, a weekend away isn’t really feasible. Anglesea might be possible for a daytrip though…
Not any more, I waited until he either croaked or sold the company before I got Sky.
Unfortunately he sold the company but I now have SkyQ and it pisses over VM.
last piece of jigsaw arrives (monitor for the NUC) courtesy of my boss, since I am without physical office until mid October
Nice sturgeon! Introduced presumably? 
There’ll be a Salmon along soon to cop a feel.
Are they really that formal?
Looks like a Stickleback to me 
…watching electricians working. We put in an outside socket and power to the new shed. I also got a brand new, scored for £20 from the junk shop, light for my listening room:
One big bonus of all this is that the American style Fridge/Freezer that has loomed in our hall since last November when we gutted the kitchen has departed for the shed. The hall looks ok now:
Packed in years ago after about 650 dives. BSAC advanced diver/ instructor. So many great memories. Still got all my kit, now between me and my son.
Wastewater would be a good dive. Easy access, should be very good vis and very deep if you want, about 80m 
Stay safe, the nearest decomposition chamber might be a long way away.
Wast Water
decompression
You would have had a hard on if I hadn’t caught all all the others after my first Friday night out for yonks 
Will be staying above 40m. I’ve not done any Tec or deco training so will be taking it very carefully, within the bounds of the PADI deep course we have done. Nearest deco chamber is Liverpool I think - 3 hours or so from Wastwater…
Times have changed much for the better. My and Jan’s first open water dive was 20m on 4th Jan in a wetsuit with a water temp of 4 degrees! I had no gloves. It was Stoney Cove.
Cue 4 Yorkshire men’s sketch comments 
And you carried on? I’m impressed. School/instructor need their arses kicking
That was the norm in those days, mid 70’s. Her Majesties Forces. I did my training on a twin hose valve and a very early ABLJ. We were taught to breathe off the ablj cylinder in an emergency.
We used to go to places like Ullapool for 3 weeks, 3 dives a day, 1 day off. Seemed normal in those days.
