Over a quick cup of tea and some choclate biscuits before our intro, lectures and lesson planning got underway, I met and chatted with a few of the other trainees. Some were at November's IFC. No break for lunch - managed a few bites of a sandwhich while transfering my (DSMB) lesson to slate and readying kit. Trainee Sophie had drawn the compass navigation lesson and we did that first, with a dry run - then snorkelling in drysuits (with weightbelt) in the chop just off the beach. We went back and forth to the mini-shot. I went next, at that point quite keen to get on with it. I did the SEEDS brief - including lesson plan, followed by the dry run, kit up/BAR check and the wet lesson. Then was Ed's turn and he taught AS. Quite cold by then end. Weather not bad at all, nice sunny day,- though breezy. Vis that had looked 4 or so in the morning dropped about to 1-1.5m.
The course was excellent - it was quite demanding and I had to concentrate hard - but was very enjoyable and interesting and all the instructors were really good. Amongst the kit things I picked up: were a pully system using a reel and blob for a datum that can be adjusted at depth; and knotting the blob so it can be pulled back down after each practise inflation.
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