A fine sunny morning in Plymouth Sound.

Petal amongst the Kelp on Eddystone Rock .

A Cuckoo Wrasse.

And Partner.

A s the sun was over the Yardarm, the Gin Ration was distributed to the crew.

The Wedding Cake was cut by Diva Diver's dive knife.

Big Bird was unhappy that the Gordons had run out!

 A John Dory.

A few words from Mum:

On the weekend of 7/8th June six divers ventured southwest to Plymouth for a  weekend of diving. The weather was glorious to say the least, and having had a bit of a pow wow Friday evening as to what was what, ie the girls were in charge, the plans were laid 

Saturday moning saw us at the Marina, the DO having produced the necessary maps, (oops sorry CHARTS), left it to us girls to plot the course etc. We had decided on the Eddystone Reef and the Scylla. Having taken a goodly time to plot, we eventually got the RIB in the water. It was a cracking run of 12 miles to the Eddystone, with Petal at the helm. The plan called for two pairs on the Eddystone, and one pair on the Scylla.

BUT; having taken the morning to plot the course, launch the RIB, and do the run to the Eddystone, we only got the one dive, HENCEFORTH WE SHALL BE KNOWN AS BINGHAM ONE DIVE CLUB!

On our return to The Sound we thought 'A' was joking about having Gin and Tonic. He was not!. We had G and T, Marks and Sparks Wedding Cake, and Port; what a good end to a superb day. 

Sunday saw us on the James Egan Layne, and on the Scylla, then scalloping in the afternoon. Someone (who sha remain nameless unless you know who it was) committed the ultimate sin of unhooking the blob from the goody bag, and there it was (or wasn't), gone forever, or for a lucky diver to find. 

However, a good time was had by all, with a few lessons being learnt:
  - Make sure your camera battery is fully charged;
  - How girls manage on the RIB (send the boys on a dive);
 - Don't lose a goody bag. 

We left Plymouth about 5pm with good memories and thoughts. On unpacking at Petal's, I questioned as to "whose is this strap?", bearing in mind I had GK and Petal as passengers, to which Petal replied, "He gave it to me so I could go and hang myself!"

Diva Diver.