With 5 Sports Diver trainees needing to complete open water
lesson SO1, another trip to the lake was necessary. Lee was today’s organiser.
Maggie and Ed also came along for a short bimble.
Lee demonstrated a tow, de-kit, landing, rescue breaths and
the recovery position, with Frank as the pretend casualty and Victor helping
with dragging him out of the water. Jill, Colin, Grant, Bjørn and Tom then completed the
exercise themselves (beginning each time with a controlled buoyant lift from
the 6m deep platform and later hailing a taxi so as not to raise false alarms),
thus ticking off SO1. Most of the group then went for a bimble dive, with Lee
and Tom doing some DSMB deployment practice.
Divers Cove still suffers from poor visibility, however it
remains easy to get to from our part of London, is well equipped with brand
spanking new facilities, has friendly and helpful staff, is very scenic, and
was – today – nice and quiet, giving us plenty of space to do our exercises and
bimbling. Entry to Divers Cove is now £9 per person, fills are £4.
After packing up we went up the road to The Plough in
Bletchingley for a drink and a bit of lunch.
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