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Diary of a Dive Novice, FinaleCharlotte WilsonSo the final morning of my Open Water training had arrived, wracked with nerves from yesterdays non- starter dive, it was safe to say I was not feeling overly confident about getting back in the water.Still a miserable grey morning in June we headed off to Wraysbury (wraysbury.ws) once more to meet our Scuba Zone instructors (scuba-zone.co.uk) and our fellow trainees. The instructors had agreed that I could do the skills that I missed on the second dive yesterday during the third one, by going down slightly earlier than the rest of the group. Then, fingers crossed, I would be all up to speed. Sounded easy enough. But if I messed up the third dive like I had done the second one, time would fast be running out and I would be going home soggy and unqualified and having to face the ribbing that the chamber guys would give me come Monday morning. This in itself managed to revive my motivation and I began the descent with a steely determination... To read the rest of this article, you'll need to get your hands on Tanked Up Magazine. It's free. What are you waiting for? |
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