Jill
All in all it was an excellent day to pick up underwater litter. Spirits were high as we descended upon and then into Canada Water.
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There was an undercurrent of excitement as to what would come up from the depths first. Not surprisingly it was a shopping trolley, much decayed and covered in algae. Lots of people stopped to see what was happening and watch the litter be pulled from the water. I think my favourite part of the day was when a little boy was introduced to the crayfish, probably seeing one up close for the first time.
Bjorn
Firstly
I'd just like to say what fun! When I first heard about it I knew I had to get
involved as it is all excellent experience and as a novice diver I want to gain
as much as possible. I also wanted to experience the other side to diving.
Diving with a mission or agenda to serve a practical purpose other than just
for pleasure. The atmosphere was buzzing and most of the club turned up to
support. it was also fun to speak to passers by who were all very interested in
what was going on.
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The
water was warm, but descending only a few metres the visibility quickly started
to diminish. When we were close to the bottom the temperature suddenly dropped
and the visibility went from little to zero! Quite un-nerving I have to say,
thank goodness for the sturdy rope to hang on to. I even experienced a gassy,
fomenting gunky smell at the bottom too, even through a mask! We dived
for about 50 minutes and we managed to retrieve a shopping trolley, a stack of
cones, planks of scrap wood, metal and bags of tin cans and a shopping basket.
A highlight was Brett catching a massive cray fish. We kept it in a bucket and
it drew lots of attention. We let it go at the end.
Great
experience with Bermondsey BSAC, would definitely do it again.
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