Ah well this one wasn’t quite “according to plan”, with our UK Shore Diving definitely being beaten by Mother Nature. As myself and the rest of the Scuba + Outdoor Doing It Team arrived at Treffor Pier, we were met by a mix of facial expressions. We had everything from “Ooo Er” – You’re not really going to make us get in there are you ?; through “”Waheyyy” – Lets Do It !; to “Boo Hoo” – We wanted to dive in the sea.

We assessed the dive site and unfortunately decided that the sea state and weather conditions were not suitable or safe for our days UK Shore Diving. It was a little disappointing, especially as the weather forecast was actually pretty good, but everyone understood the reasons. As with every cloud however, even the big bugger that was overhead, there was a silver lining and this one came in the form of Vivian. Yes, we managed to cheer everyone up (just a little) with the promise of them still getting wet, at the nearby inland dive site.

After cavalcading the wagons, and heading inland for half an hour, we circled them and watered the horses (sorry I’m getting a little too John Wayne now !). This great little inland site has great visibility, and is probably the most picturesque of any of the inland dive sites.

We briefed the collected divers, and gave them the tour of the site, and then buddied up for our days (slightly later than planned) diving. Ok, it wasn’t quite the spectacular days UK Shore Diving that was planned, but after the first dive and much sarcasm directed at me and the team, it looked like everyone had enjoyed their inland dive.

The main topic of discussion revolved around the “Beautiful Mermaid” that had been glanced by a lucky few. We of course didn’t have the heart to tell them it was a Marks & Sparks special, straight out of the local store !

After our brief surface interval, and slightly more sunshine than we had had all day, we paired back up and headed back in for another adventure. Full marks to some of the guys who threw caution (and certain parts of their anatomy) to the wind and braved the high platform entry – ouch !

On this dive it seemed that the resident fish and eels had decided to come out to play, with certain areas around the block house teeming with them. Well either that or they couldn’t get to sleep with all our laughing.

Oh well, unfortunately no UK Shore Diving this month, but hey there’s still plenty of season ahead – Catch you next time !