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The Muddy Puddle : WWW.CroydonBsac.Com . : : : : : : The Muddy Puddle : : Upcoming dives May 2008 Issue 2 for 2008 Easter Plymouth What kind of people do we attract?? 24-26 Falmouth weekend May You may think earer El Presidente, as singing all dancing must that the club attracts a well as other named 31st Oceana 25m have toy it is now, it was fairly varied type of peo- members and ex- a collection of text May ple from all walks of like members of the club, pages for computer who are primarily inter- plus the usual learn to geeks, but now every- 14th Kerryado 42m ested in Diving. dive, London dive clubs one and everything must June We all dress up etc searches criteria. have a webpage, and as in rubber at weekend, 21st Littlehampton 35m we all know the club has However, some some of us in skin tight june max a website detailing the are into the more rubber (Shouldn’t be al- activities, history and ‘Westward Bound’ cate- lowed for some) but most 27-5th Scapa Flow characters from the gory of searches, which of us in expensive bin- July club. would lead a casual ob- liners, but we seem to be server to believe the 6th July Ramsgarth 25m However, in re- attracting some attention club is more an extreme cent months the website of a different kind. ‘swinger’ type of club has been picked up on The public face and the only diving we 12-13 Ioleanthe(40m) & some strange searches. of the club has moved on do does not require July Salsette (45m) Our webmaster collects over the past few years weight belts. stages from the website from a club that adver- about what searches Is this a sign we tised in the local pool for found our website, and are moving into a even members, from the local Inside this issue: the results are disturbing greater diversity of community to a point and leads us to question members, or a sign of where today anyone in how people found the our times and that we the world can find out Plymouth Report club. are advertising on ac- 2 about the club in the centually a random me- comfort of their own There are some Chairman’s & Train- dia? ing rambles 4 home. obvious searches car- ried out, including sev- Judge for your- When I joined Dry Event eral about our TV star, selves as the search the club, like a good per- 5 international jetsetter results are shown on the centage of the club, the May Dives and perpetual blocked back page. 6 Internet wasn’t the all Diving fitness 8 The CartmanFish Editorial Notes: Diaries 10 A big thank you to all those who assisted in this months magazine, especially Diver of the Month 12 Linda Humphreys, Paul Brown, Alan Glen and Jeff Proudfoot Please keep sending articles in from everybody, and thanks to the DoM leaks. The Muddy Puddle Easter at Plymouth by Linda Humphreys It was Easter weekend bumped into a rather Each buddy pair dis- was quite a view. cussed their plan, as it which meant time to worse for wear bunch All in all, my first dive head down to Ply- of divers all in their was my first dive and I only had a ten litre cyl- went without too much mouth. My plan was to sunnies – Paul Brown of a hitch. At one point get to Plymouth by admitted he wasn’t inder, our plan was to “poodle around the my fin was slipping off, 10pm on the Thursday feeling 100% and I I couldn’t reach it so I night; but unfortunately don’t think any of them bow” but others ex- plored further. I wasn’t showed Tony, and as I after spending four looked too disap- motioned what was hours stationary on the pointed that the dive sure what it’d be like diving wrecks as I’m wrong my bottom timer M25 and making vari- was cancelled! began to fall off my ous phone calls trying not particularly inter- Day two and better luck ested in the ships wrist. We swam up the to decide whether I – the dive was on! So hull and Tony kindly sat should just give up and we all drove down to turn back, I the Mount Batten cen- Paul arrived at tre, got the kit on the 2am wel- boat and off we went. Brown comed by a First stop was the rather sleepy James Egan Layne. It admit- Chris Carter. sank in March 1945 After about after ferrying men and ted he four hours materials across the sleep my world for the war effort. wasn’t alarm went After being hit by a tor- off at 7am pedo from a German feeling and I re- U-boat near the Ed- ceived a call dystone reef, the themselves but I now saying that me on the ship and 100% James Egan Layne know that doesn’t mat- the dive had sorted my life out for was towed towards Ply- ter at all. The hull was been blown me. Back on the boat I mouth with the hope of covered in anemones out. I had wondered if was told I didn’t know saving as much of her which (I’m sure to this would happen how lucky I was with cargo as possible. Tony’s dismay) I found when my car was being visibility like that. In no However on the way great pleasure in prod- blown all over the A303 time at all tea orders back, her stern col- ding repeatedly. in the early were taken and I was There were lots of hours of the warming up with a nice starfish, wrasse morning! After hot chocolate – just the and plenty of other having a late job. Then a delicious fish. I saw what breakfast some chilli was served by looked like a huge of us headed off Pete our skipper. to Plymouth crab below me and aquarium – we apparently The second dive we did thought it could “ordered” my was the Scylla. This is well be the clos- buddy to go down a wreck of F71 HMS to get it for me (!). Scylla, a Leander-class est we’d get to lapsed causing her to marine life that week- The visibility was par- frigate that served in sink in Whitsand bay, ticularly good that day the Royal Navy be- end if the weather did- where she still sits up- n’t improve! On the way and looking up at the tween 1970 and De- right, pointing north to- silhouette of her bow cember 2003. After be- to the aquarium we wards the shore. Page 2 Issue 2 for 2008 ing decommissioned, on the James Egan so we were going to thinking of his fuel bill! she was bought by the Layne could be found dive the best of a bad A few of us headed in National Marine Aquar- hanging around the bunch (!) which I be- to do the second dive, ium and sunk on the Scylla. Towards the lieve was a wreck of a drift dive over a reef. 27th of March Associa- The visibility wasn’t 2004 in Whit- tion. As particularly good, and a sand bay, w e few people managed to where she headed lose their buddies. The now lies creat- across current was quite ing an artificial we saw strong and Chris later reef for divers, how bad complained he’d spent the first of its the con- most the time swim- kind in Europe. ditions ming against it as Neil We all headed were, we tried to take photos! down the main had to journey Monday was the last buoy which day of diving, but this took us to the through s o m e was my day off so deck off the you’ll have to ask the bow, there v e r y choppy others how that went! was lots to see On questioning though again and plenty of end of the dive the cur- sea which was a real rent seemed to pick up test on our stomachs! I found out it was the room to have a good best day weather wise look around. There are a bit and Tony had to Eventually we reached help me get across to our target and de- and the sea was very many large openings calm- typical! (with clearly marked the other side of the scended the shot line. warning signs) in her deck as no matter how There were lots of dif- Overall I really enjoyed hull for more experi- hard I finned I wasn’t ferent coloured star fish my first diving experi- enced divers to pene- getting anywhere! Then and many crabs. War- ence. I loved exploring trate inside her, but be- up the shot we went. ren came up with a va- a completely new envi- ing only my second We then headed back riety of pots and all ronment and seeing the dive I just peeped my to shore, dropped our sorts of goodies that wildlife so close up. head in to have a look tanks off to be filled, he’d found. The freedom I felt put- around. Apparently and went for a curry – Then we had lunch; a ting my training into there is lots to see in- standard procedure on delicious curry, and practice and being able side such as the radar these trips I was in- plenty of naan which to have a nice relaxing control consoles.
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