Gwilym's Adventure Blog

What appalling weather last week brought. On Saturday I spent the day in the classroom at Plymouth Sailing School undertaking a Diesel Engine course which I thought would be a good idea before I attempt to service my yacht engine next week.

After a pool session earlier in the week and some admin this morning, I am now a PADI Divemaster . Thanks to Hayley and the other instructors at Aquanauts in Plymouth.

Out with year 9 and 10 students on the moor for some Ten Tors Training. A good weather day an 20km done. Probably nearer 40km for Daisy with all the circles she was doing

In the 2 weeks since I last dived here, the water has dropped 1 degree and it is now a slightly chilly 11 degress centigrade. Today I was guiding 2 qualified divers around the quarry finding the all the objects of interest that are in there. The last dive of the day was search and recovery scenario which was pretty difficult once the bottom had been kicked up.

A break in the weather allowed my 6th Form climbing group to get outside for a mix of bouldering, top roping, leading and hiding from the biting cold wind

This last 10 days has been pretty hectic and included climbing wall trips and pool based SCUBA work. Apologies for the lack of updates/photos.

Back up at New England Quarry today working with students on Open Water and Dry Suit courses. I did 3 dives between the two courses and yesterday's mapping exercise was not wasted. A bit of irony though as I didn't need a map as I remembered it all. I think winter is coming. The water is now at 12 degrees but that was still wamer than the air tempertaure. I really must find my missing wetsuit gloves before I dive again.

Today I dived in New England Quarry with the intention of mapping it for future use with students. This involved swimming around taking bearings, counting fin kicks and checking depths. Above is what my artistic side has produced with the help of Google Earth and some Clip Art. I have even impressed myself.

Today, as the weather has been so bad and in order to not get cold and wet out and about, I jumped into the pool for a chance to do some more of my Divemaster Skills work. I spent the morning demonstrating 24 skills that I need to be able to do to the required standard. Fortunately I managed this and got another part of the award signed off.