Trefor Pier April 17th 2011

Gethin enjoyed his first UK sea dive!!

This fish is actually alive - it was having a nice sleep before Tommy woke it up!!

Thanks to Mike McCann for organising a nice dive and even arrranged the weather - how kind!

More Segontium

As it happens, Don (see earlier blog) was in our house last night knocking back the wine and he began rambling further about the Segontium - she was built in Holyhead and went down in 'suspicious circumstances' - all her nets were out and anchors also - it was rumoured she was pulled down by a mystery sub?? and had deployed all anchors to try and slow it down

The aforementioned non-ferrous prop has since been blown off by 'persons unknown' ??!!

First Boat Dive of 2011

The first boat dive of 2011 - current was a bit stong though! Everyone left with a smile anyhow!!
The first group out were Myfyr, Carol, Tommy, Mike and Nina.

The gang kit up!

First Dive site: Maen - y - Fran and Rhoscolyn Beacon
Kevin goes out to Catherdral Cave with the 2nd dive group

The Segontium

During our Dive Planning meeting on Thursday night, the possibilities of diving the Segontium were discussed. This reminded me of the first times we dived it. We went out on a trawler with a fisherman who had mysteriously lost nets somewhere and tried to pull them up but only succeeded in nearly pulling his boat under. Don and Dave H dived (into the mouth of the net!! aaarrrrggghhhhhh!!!!!), also Andy B, Frank and Graham Scouse were there. It was a rolly day:

Don clings on!

Graham and Frank relax amongst the nets

So abit later (or it might have been before the trawler)

we found it in our boat and had a lovely dive: good vis, flat calm, found slack, big lobsters etc. but sadly Jeremenemenemeny was not there so we drew our impressions of the wreck on a paper napkin in the pub to show him what he had missed:

We dived it another time when Jeremenemeny was back on one of those days when you couldn't tell where the sea ended and the sky began:

On this occassion (or was it another one?) Dave and I missed the wreck and I remember swimming along a flat murky bottom in an increasing tide, not knowing where we were in relation to the wreck and not daring to surface in case we were swept into the nets!! Happy days!!