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First to say I hope the young lady who had a fast ascent is ok
Second the viz was 10+ and saw shoals of pollock, big edable crab,
and loads of rebreather divers. The sea was full of inspirations.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305769a.jpg
nice to meet you in person yesterday john.
let me know when you will be listing your pics.
stewart
Pics not so good !!!!
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305754a.jpg
Under the pier
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305798a.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305710.jpg
dive granny
31-07-06, 20:28
we all hope the girl from your club is well. It is a scary thing to see a rescue like that when you feel 'involved'. All the best to her.
thanks to everyone who helped, you all know who you are :)
the casualty has made a full recovery & was discharged from hospital this evening.
Hi Ding s'Fran here the young lady(thanks for that)
everything went extremely well, thanks to all who helped so quickly
the rapid response from everyone was a main contender that I walked out of the chamber,good and well.
thanks for you're precious 02,
dive granny
02-08-06, 22:21
Glad you are well. :) :) All the best to you. Was scary to see a rescue. It's one thing seeing them on tv but when you are in the water and see someone else being rescued it's not nice.
bubblemaker
02-08-06, 23:51
i heard about your 'little incident' ... glad everything turned ok. keep well..
Hi Ding s'Fran here the young lady(thanks for that)
everything went extremely well, thanks to all who helped so quickly
the rapid response from everyone was a main contender that I walked out of the chamber,good and well.
thanks for you're precious 02,
So Fran when did the doc say u can dive again?
Am afraid its gonna be 6 weeks,
but hey a suppose thats a small price to pay.
aw ma buds are away to Plockton this weekend
to do the port napier, and am left nigel'ed
Where's ma snorkel??
Thanks again John. and yer pictures are amazin'.
fran x
Am afraid its gonna be 6 weeks,
but hey a suppose thats a small price to pay.
aw ma buds are away to Plockton this weekend
to do the port napier, and am left nigel'ed
Where's ma snorkel??
Thanks again John. and yer pictures are amazin'.
fran x
Suppose you'l just have to practice your apree diving
and hey when u r recovering they say drink plenty of
liquids. :D
Most time I dive the quarry I go down to the B200 then round the bay and back to the pier. Under the pier there is plenty to see as this picture shows
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305798a.jpg
Sea squirts, Sulpher sponge, Dead mens fingers, Boring sponge, and shoals of small saith.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305733a.jpg
Also saw the two teckie inspiration divers
If anyone fancys a dip 2morrow I'm meeting Atlantic divers for a dip at the quarry. Meet at the little thief 10am.
Hope my camera works as I got a new strobe cable (£70) for a bleading cable...
come and get your pic taken and put on the old pictures of divers section.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Atlantic/Atlantic3.jpg
And a new diver
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Atlantic/Atlantic2.jpg
iwmcarthur
09-10-06, 12:10
Ding, you and your bleedin' camera....don't give up the day job...oh, too late, you have ;)
Good to see you again...pity you weren't in the water to make it 3 YBODs.
Ding, you and your bleedin' camera....don't give up the day job...oh, too late, you have ;)
Good to see you again...pity you weren't in the water to make it 3 YBODs.
I'm just going out to the garage to sort my drysuit...;)
iwmcarthur
09-10-06, 12:41
Where you off to today? Wish I was going with you!!
Where you off to today? Wish I was going with you!!
Nowhere till I get my suit sorted :mad:
Where you off to today? Wish I was going with you!!
Put my suit in Aquatron monday so hopefully go diving on thur or friday as they are good at sorting suits on time :rolleyes:
Put my suit in Aquatron monday so hopefully go diving on thur or friday as they are good at sorting suits on time :rolleyes:
Got my suit from Aquatron on friday and dived Furnace quarry. The viz was about 6-8 meters and was very green. The ballin wrasse were very freindly a posed for the camera.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/Ballinwrasse1.jpg
If you want to get some good pictures of Wrasse this is the place
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/Ballinwrasse.jpg
I was diving with Alister Findley one of the founding members of the EPC (the eastwood pensioners club) Hes having a great time, retired and can dive anytime.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Temp%20folder/Alister.jpg
The weather was good and we parked the car right beside the pier so all in all it was a great day. As usual we had our apree dive in The Village Inn then down the road in time to teach a couple of trainees the rescue in Eastwood pool.
I'm off to the dive show now its a hard life but I'm struggling by...
Great photos as always.
Enjoy the show!
The Anemones were drooping a bit because it was slack water, but this is also a great site for anemones
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/Anemone.jpg
This is how they should look
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/P7305754a.jpg
If you havent dived furnace quarry Info how to dive there is on the Scottish divesites, at the top left of the homepage
Just love these fish they are so much fun...
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j62/johnnicolson/Furnace%20Quarry/Ballinwrasse2.jpg
These fish just love getting photographed....;)