| While on vacation to Crete I decided I
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| | After the work in the classroom we had a
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| wanted to try scuba diving, I used to do
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| | chance to check out the equipment and get
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| some in the Lochs and around the coast of
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| | fitted for our training dive. The
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| Scotland when I was younger.
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| | training dive was before lunch and we
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| It was a beautiful place we were staying
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| | just went into the bay where the diving
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| with a wide clear bay and a few fishing
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| | school was. We carried our equipment down
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| boats, there was a small diving school
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| | the beach and waded into the water.
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| just up from the beach. I popped in to
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| | There was about eight of us with two
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| see what it would cost and see what sort
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| | instructors to keep an eye on us. They
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| of things I would be able to do. The
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| | gathered us around in a circle and
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| scuba industry is regulated by different
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| | proceeded to show us how to clear our
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| bodies depending where in the world you
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| | masks underwater, how to share a demand
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| dive.
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| | valve and some basic swimming exercises
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| I had trained in Britain where the
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| | to make sure we were comfortable with the
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| British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) is the
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| | equipment.
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| governing body and you have to get
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| | After the short lesson the instructors
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| certified and trained by a local BSAC
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| | took us for a swim around the bay, we saw
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| club in order to dive there. They keep
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| | many types of fish and a few crabs, there
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| records of all your training and any
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| | was some broken pottery and urns and a
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| dives that you do in a log book, if your
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| | sunken boat. Then we stopped near a small
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| log book is up to date you can take it on
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| | reef and the instructors took out some
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| holiday with you and show diving schools
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| | slices of bread so we could feed the
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| and tours your experience. The more
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| | fish.
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| experience you have the better and harder
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| | They took photographs of us being swarmed
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| the dives you are allowed to go on.
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| | by hundreds of fish. You could feel them
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| Well anyway the school in Crete was a
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| | nibbling your fingers as you fed them the
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| PADI affiliated diving school, PADI is
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| | bread. The fish were so dense that you
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| the international version of the BSAC. I
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| | had trouble seeing anyone else. It was
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| did not have my log book with me and it
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| | very exciting and great fun.
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| was a little bit out of date anyway, the
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| | After everyone had a shot of feeding the
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| last time I went diving was when I was at
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| | fish we headed back to the dive school.
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| University about 15 years ago.
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| | We had to carry our equipment up the
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| I would only be allowed to go on a
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| | beach to the storage shed and clean it
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| training dive to start with and if that
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| | down with fresh water, you should do this
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| went ok some shallow dives over the next
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| | with all equipment you use on a dive as
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| few days.
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| | salt water can be very corrosive if not
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| I signed up for the short day course and
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| | washed off metal tanks, demand valves and
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| another 2 dives I can't remember the
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| | ABLJ's/buoyancy aids. We also washed the
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| price but it was pretty decent, not too
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| | wetsuits and accessories we had used.
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| expensive but not dirt cheap.
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| | Once everything had been cleaned up we
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| The training started the next morning
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| | went back to the classroom and talked
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| with theory and book learning in the
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| | about the dive, we got our log books
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| classroom. It was pretty basic stuff and
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| | filled in if we had one and were issued a
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| I remembered most of it from when I had
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| | certificate to say we could dive down to
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| done my training. They just wanted to
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| | a certain depth. This certificate would
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| make sure we knew what we were doing and
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| | let me go for other dives while I was on
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| that we knew what to do in an emergency.
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| | vacation in Crete.
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