by Adam Mint Sun 29 Nov 2015 - 21:04
To answer Mermaid honestly, Annie was fine with it, she ain't to keen on getting salt water in her eyes as she says it stings a bit, I jumped in off the boat first, there was a ladder but that's a bit of a faff, and my knee ain't bending so good at the moment, so was easier just to jump in and Annie just done the same, only bit that phased her a bit was when she had to go down under the water to come up inside the glass bubble/helmet and her head caught the edge of it holding her about three feet under the water, that's when the guy in the scuba gear grabbed her by the neck and arse shoehorning her in/on to the thing, (I actually think she liked that bit, you know rubber and sorta a bit bondage all in one innit), once in she was fine, you then get lowered down five meters, your ears pop like in an aeroplane, but we were warned to expect that, once down the scuba guy controls the motor on/off control and guides you to the places of interest down there, the holding hands bit was to stop us drifting apart (literally),,, it's pretty disorientated down there and the goldfish bowl helmet completely screwed up your sence of perspective, it was ok when you looked straight ahead, but look up or down or to the side and it all went tits up, the divers head straight in front of you looked normal, but look down at his feet and they looked tiny and about thirty feet away, funfair magic mirror stuff... We made to do it last holiday on out last day but it was fully booked, so we went jet skiing instead...
Boring feckers we ain't...
Out in March for a fortnight, thinking of cycling Tiede again (downhill only), was looking at a possible different route down rather than the Villa Flora one, but that one takes you direct in to Los Cris/PDLA without touching the pedals plus passes a nice little resturant up where Gypsy lives...
So watch this space...