Thursday 29 May 2003 saw six of us travelling to Plymouth to get a day's diving in before the weekend.       

Bryan, Andrew, Tracey, Rita and George 

preparing for the next day's diving!

We dived with Deep Blue Diving on the Seeker (wonderful lift at the back!).  SMB's - the losing and recovery of - became a feature of this trip.  No details so as not to embarrass anyone (especially the author!)

Friday saw us 'warming up' on the James Eagan Layne.  As always on this wreck there was lots to see with viz of around 6m.  Huge areas of dead men's fingers and anemones, large spider crabs and of course the usual shoals of bib.  

The afternoon saw us on the Glen Strath Allen.  Another lovely dive over a variety of surfaces - wreck, kelp, sandy gravel.  A cuttlefish was very obliging in changing colour for us.

Our numbers had doubled by the evening with others joining who had not been able to take the extra day off work and a good meal at a local restaurant was the perfect end to a hot sunny day.

Saturday started with a great dive on the Persier - down the shot straight onto the boilers.  Viz was good again and those of us diving on Nitrox had the benefit of the extra bottom time without going into deco.

Lunch on the boat was enjoyed by all.  We then went back to the James Eagan Layne to enable Lindsey, one of our trainees, to enjoy her second 'proper' dive, having missed the Persier because of the depth.  As on Friday, there was plenty to see in good viz.   

While the Chairman and DO were taking their responsibilities seriously,

some activity was going on elsewhere!

Changing bottles for the second dive

Tony had booked us a table at a local pub (well remembered from last trip but the name escapes me!) so it was off along the country lanes to relax after a hard day

We woke up on Sunday to a rather more overcast and windy day so plans were changed and we decided to remain in more sheltered waters.  Kitting up in the harbour we went just outside for a drift over Tinker's reef.  Current was quite strong although it was possible to get out of this when down in the gullies.  Number of dogfish swimming in the open, or just lazing on the seabed.  Lots to see for those interested in the marine life.  

Back into the harbour for lunch and then we decided to try diving the fort itself.  More to see than was expected so long as the seabed was not disturbed (clouds of silt/mud).  Various bits of wrecks, including an old fishing boat.  Easy dive to round of the weekend.

Thanks to Tracey for arranging the trip. Next trip to Mount Batten has been booked for 2-4 July 2004 so if you are interested get in touch with Tracey - places will be going fast.