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Task number: 46.
Scuba dive.
Date: 28th August 1996.
Location: Stowe school, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Attendees: My uncle Ray & instructor.
O.k., so most people’s idea of
scuba diving is normally in a clear, Blue sea, surrounded by tropical fish
& Coral. Unfortunately, this wasn’t
so in my case, but I still did it! In fact it was completely the opposite. It
was in a swimming pool.
My uncle used work at a well-known
public school & in the holidays, on a couple of occasions I went to say
with him. I used to love going there. There was so much to do. Anything from
fishing to assault courses. It just so happened that he knew a scuba diving
instructor, who offered to give me a lesson. It was my 14th birthday & was,
in fact probably the best birthday of my childhood.
Breathing under water is a very
surreal experience. Before you start, you expect the mouthpiece to either push
air down your lungs or you’d have suck the air out. It does take a bit of
getting used to, but eventually you can just breathe normally. I had to stop
after about half an hour though. The pressure becomes quite intense.
The experience was part of a
birthday to remember. This kicked the day off & was followed by a trip to
the nearby Silverstone racetrack to watch former formula One driver, Ralph Schumacher
testing, before a spot of shopping in the afternoon & on to the cinema.
Rounding the day off with a Chinese – Perfect!
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