A whole new and unexpected adventure. Diving in my seventies.
I'm enjoying re-reading my diary and writing these blogs a few years later because the memories, in this case of that first trip, come flooding back literally in glorious technicolour As a wiser and older person I decided to make it easy on myself and we were staying at a small dedicated dive resort which …
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‘Jaws’,  the film, has a lot to answer for.  It gave sharks such a bad press, terrified a generation of children and adults and turned our view of these beautiful marine creatures into man eating predators, to be avoided at all costs. My kids and friends were horrified that I would even contemplate diving in 'shark …
This blog is taken from my personal diving log and looking back I hope it gives a flavour of what it was like that first week. Remember, I was in my late sixties when I took up diving and this was my first experience of diving and the ocean. It was an experience that placed …
As part of the 'Two for One' Little Cayman resort package that Merlin and I had gone on there was VALET DIVING. And, yes, I have gone into capital letters because it was WONDERFUL and I loved it! Every day our personal gear was ready, checked and set up in the same place on our …
So what happened in between the first dive and now ? Well, diving happened and it's a full on physical and mental activity and every dive can produce challenges that come from being in an unnatural environment. I'm learning quickly that it's always best if you can pre-empt problems and think of solutions whilst you're …
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