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What a fantastic day we all had! We were all there bright and early to help put up the Gazebo/Market stall (without too much standing around and head scratching). Jim was trying to get everyone’s attention when I heard it, the noise that has always grated on my senses since I last heard it at a club dive last autumn at Bog Bay, just like fingernails down a blackboard. That bloody duck call of Janice’s! It’s a noise that just makes you stop and listen. Jim gave his dive briefing as Do, Lynn gave her’s as dive organiser and I gave mine as training officer, everyone then got changed, budded up had a chat then it was off to dive. By the time I got to the waters edge a lot of other divers were in the water eager to see the new plain that had been sunk a couple of days earlier, We gave out details to John (who was dive manager for the day) then went in, we followed the wall on the right to where it forms a corner (near to the Devil) then turned left over a couple of old cars, then a white shape came into view. The plane is very impressive just lying there above the quarry bed (I think it landed on a transit van and one of the boats (don’t ask me which one). We swam through the full length of the cabin and exited out the back, followed the wall and found the oil rig and helicopter (I am sure they have moved it). It was at this point that I saw Warren and Jimmy with there hands full of tags with weights on,” oh yes I thought, we were supposed to be collecting these as part of the fun and games, oh well someone has to come last”. We exited the water, gave our air out and depth details to John then went back to the Gazebo for a cup of tomato soup. Now the strange thing about tomato soup that everyone seemed to have forgotten about is that it is the hottest thing known to man, especially when you are cold after a dive, you can sip it slowly, until you think it is safe to tip up your cup for that last inch in the bottom (big mistake) under that cool skin its hotter than the centre of the sun, thing is you don’t realise that until its halfway down your throat.

Whilst we divers have been in the water the children have been searching for little Easter chicks and other things that had been placed in the bushes around us. When we were all out of the water and commiserated with those who had found a “Little” leek in there dry suits, lunch was served, lashings of Hot Pot, Hot dogs and apple pie with cream.

After the second dive, during which we had to find hidden spiders (I forgot to look for them again) we were  treated to tea and scones (oh and some more apple pie)it was now time for the raffle, Alf won first prize (A set of Makita drills) he hadn’t noticed them on the table.(sorry but that’s an in joke, you needed to have been at the club over the last couple of weeks to know what its about),Andy Morris seemed to win a lot of hand bags though he assured everyone they were to keep his Regs in (he must have a lot of sets of Regs) and he children seemed to do well with the chocolate.

The gazebo was taken down and all the cooking things put away thanks were given where needed, some of us then headed off to the pub where we continued with a couple of quizzes that had been started earlier in the day.

What can I say but a big “THANK YOU” to all that helped make the day such a success, Lynn and Janice for organising everything ,all the ladies for the food,  John Clair for being Dive Manager and anyone else who did something for “OUR DIVE CLUB”.

Chris H