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**Freef** · 31st May 2007, 20:37

Day two of the puddle jumping and I’ll be off to Wast Water once I have finished breakfast. The rain has cleared and the wind dropped a little. Perhaps the changing of the clocks confused the weather. An abusive phone call about mobile phones from Lee while I am making my way to Gosforth to meet him breaks up the journey, and we meet at 1200, not 1100 as planned. Looks like someone forgot about the clock change then?

The drive from Gosport to Wast Water is entertaining in itself, with Lee’s car appearing to disappear into a tiger trap every so often as the road undulates. Wast Water is the most spectacular inland site I have dived, with the massive ridge opposite and waterfalls made of shale tumbling into the water. The snow on the peaks makes it look like it will be another cold day of diving. While checking out the Dolphin Lee’s mate David arrives, but he is just watching rather than diving in the cold. The wind from the West will make for an interesting experience, a possible drift dive in an inland site. Apparently the locals are a right bunch of miserable so-and-so’s who have had windsurfing banned on the lake, and wouldn’t let divers put a marker buoy in. It’s a local lake for local people.

Checking the Dolphin and kitting up goes OK, but as I make my way to the water I fall over, with my ankle bending in a painful way. Getting hauled upright by David, I limp down to the water and have a rest, before deciding to dive anyway. Lee is diving on 40% this dive, through the 40% jet, we had planned to try the 50% jet on dive two.

The water is very clear as we start our dive, but not for long as Lee’s fins seem to stir up the bottom as much as they do push him forwards. We follow a line to a drop off, and never has the word seemed so appropriate. The wall is almost shear down to god knows what depth, and at 27m it just carries on to well beyond 50m. Even Chepstow doesn’t drop as quickly as this. We follow this impressive wall along for a bit and turn back, ascending to look at the memorials on the underwater headland at 15m, where there is a noticeable current running. The pain as I fin is getting bad again after first easing off, so I take it easy on the exit and limp up to the car. Dive two is called off by Lee, and if he didn’t I would have done due to the increasing pain.

Dekitting takes a while as I keep jarring my ankle, which feels sprained. Luckily I can use the clutch, so we drive to a nearby pub for a few tales of diving daring do. The trip home takes four hours longer than the trip up, and I stop at the local shop to buy some frozen peas and painkillers.

Dive data:

26.5m
37 min
5 deg C.

31st May 2007, 20:37	#7 (permalink)
Freef Custom Title Disallowed! Current Rebreather/s: Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Freef, UK. Posts: 1,455	26th March “I don’t mind what you take a photo of, as long as it isn’t me flat on my Day two of the puddle jumping and I’ll be off to Wast Water once I have finished breakfast. The rain has cleared and the wind dropped a little. Perhaps the changing of the clocks confused the weather. An abusive phone call about mobile phones from Lee while I am making my way to Gosforth to meet him breaks up the journey, and we meet at 1200, not 1100 as planned. Looks like someone forgot about the clock change then? The drive from Gosport to Wast Water is entertaining in itself, with Lee’s car appearing to disappear into a tiger trap every so often as the road undulates. Wast Water is the most spectacular inland site I have dived, with the massive ridge opposite and waterfalls made of shale tumbling into the water. The snow on the peaks makes it look like it will be another cold day of diving. While checking out the Dolphin Lee’s mate David arrives, but he is just watching rather than diving in the cold. The wind from the West will make for an interesting experience, a possible drift dive in an inland site. Apparently the locals are a right bunch of miserable so-and-so’s who have had windsurfing banned on the lake, and wouldn’t let divers put a marker buoy in. It’s a local lake for local people. Checking the Dolphin and kitting up goes OK, but as I make my way to the water I fall over, with my ankle bending in a painful way. Getting hauled upright by David, I limp down to the water and have a rest, before deciding to dive anyway. Lee is diving on 40% this dive, through the 40% jet, we had planned to try the 50% jet on dive two. The water is very clear as we start our dive, but not for long as Lee’s fins seem to stir up the bottom as much as they do push him forwards. We follow a line to a drop off, and never has the word seemed so appropriate. The wall is almost shear down to god knows what depth, and at 27m it just carries on to well beyond 50m. Even Chepstow doesn’t drop as quickly as this. We follow this impressive wall along for a bit and turn back, ascending to look at the memorials on the underwater headland at 15m, where there is a noticeable current running. The pain as I fin is getting bad again after first easing off, so I take it easy on the exit and limp up to the car. Dive two is called off by Lee, and if he didn’t I would have done due to the increasing pain. Dekitting takes a while as I keep jarring my ankle, which feels sprained. Luckily I can use the clutch, so we drive to a nearby pub for a few tales of diving daring do. The trip home takes four hours longer than the trip up, and I stop at the local shop to buy some frozen peas and painkillers. Dive data: 26.5m 37 min 5 deg C. __________________ David. "I've got the whole cast of Fraggle Rock here; they're not happy..."
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