The UKs’ prevailing South Westerly winds were unfortunately replaced with strong easterlies which is the only direction that blows out Porthkerris so our group of 8 divers & 5 partners had to come up with alternatives for our entertainment.
And the events didn’t disappoint !
Whether it be
- Tim’s cave encounter with seals in one of his many swims
- Vicki’s encounter with more jellyfish than she’s comfortable with
- Geoff & Neil’s age-defying enthusiasm for walking
- Kaths’ ad-hoc Pilates class (we should have sold spectator tickets!)
- Steve & Kevin’s west coast odyssey to find a diveable site not blown out (& accessible!)
- Colin & Jo’s very enjoyable visit to Barbara Hepworths’ house & garden in St. Ives
- The ad-hoc Caillie in Cadgwith that kicked off in the pub Vicki & Kevin were meeting friends in
- The sheer enthusiasm of Bounty our Welsh Sheepdog for water in all its forms
- Sue & Petes’ belief they had a hope of getting out of the Lands End Point car park
- Steve’s biscuit hungry robin
- The endless (mostly deserted) beaches
- The fire pit chatter with stories that will stay on tour 🙂
Just to mix things up Monday ended up completely opposite to forecast- flat calm, too late for Porthkerris Divers to retrieve the boat (low tide was midday) so the remaining 4 divers opted for a shore dive round Drawna Rocks and it was lovely!
The aforementioned Bounty the Welsh Water Dog! (& Drawna Rocks)
Our party
And it’d be remiss (on a diving site) not to include a few shots from the dive we did do so here goes!
Steve lines up a shot
Snakelocks anemone – even more beautiful swaying in the tide
Interested wrasse
Diver & kelp (not his favourite!)
Playing with the local wildlife – such fashionable dry gloves!
So tired from all the playing with those gloves!
Spiny sea star hanging on
Spider-crab
‘You move first’, ‘no you move’, ‘I was here first’, ‘no you weren’t’…….
My thanks to everyone who helped make the best of a bad lot, we may not have done much diving but we had ourselves some fun!
We’ll be back! In fact we’ve already booked a 3 day weekend next year!
