First Open Water Dives

We managed to find Vobster Quay, negotiating the signless and disorienting country roads, gradually homing in on it. I had overhead that Vobster is bit of a pain to get to, but also I had read somewhere that there are new signs to help people get there - yes there are some signs, right outside to congratulate you on finding it. Two dives with Dave McDonald. Drills on 9m training platform. Getting buoyancy under control. Felt floaty even with 14kg [was too heavy and overcompensating]. Saw lots trout, dinghy, and a wrecked car. Had to steady myself a lot on the platform and my flippers seemed to want to insert themselves into the gaps in the planks. Ears quite painful on ascents. On second dive (with Debbie Heaton's brother Stuart) AS and CBL. Swam through aircraft cockpit. It was a great day out and Yasmin had a nice time too watching everything going on and taking pictures. Vobster is a long drive, but worth it for training that would be difficult or impossible otherwise. There's a tea/burger van, water to swim in, and junk to swim round.