Tuesday,
on Tuesday we only had to meet at the pier in carrey-le-route for 9:00am which gave us an extra hour in bed something i am very grateful for. the procedure was slightly different from the day before. we unpacked all of the gear necessary for dive and loaded it onto the rib making sure everything was fastness on tightly enough to prevent it going over board on the journey. the journey was much longer on Tuesday it was roughly 40 minutes to a much smaller bay with only a few houses and boats in it. we were briefed by the head diving instructor Xavier Thibaut on what exercises we need to complete and how we were going to carry them out. the exercises we need to do was to remove our mask underwater and then throw it away making sure to keep our eyes open the whole time so we didn't lose our mask. the second exercise was to remove our regulator partially so that half of the mouthpiece was in our mouth and half wasn't. we did this exercise so that in case during a dive if our lungs become to full with oxygen and we are struggling to breathe this procedure would allow us to sip on the air making it easier to breathe.
on my first attempt at throwing away my mask i closed my eyes and had to be given my mask by an instructor. thus i had to do it again and completed it fine the second time. the regulator exercise was much easier bad didn't cause me any problems.
once everyone had completed both exercises my group led by Loure and Gi two other instructors less experienced but just as good. they led us on a 40 minute dive going to a depth of ten metres. this was our first proper dive and one that i will always remember.
this afternoon was different because today was the first of May and in France nobody works, everywhere is closed apart from restaurants. we ate our packed lunch on the promenade in the sun looking over the sea, it beats the Wesley cafeteria any day of the week.
after lunch we went back to the classroom watched the second chapter of the manual and finished with the standard test at the end of it.
on Tuesday we only had to meet at the pier in carrey-le-route for 9:00am which gave us an extra hour in bed something i am very grateful for. the procedure was slightly different from the day before. we unpacked all of the gear necessary for dive and loaded it onto the rib making sure everything was fastness on tightly enough to prevent it going over board on the journey. the journey was much longer on Tuesday it was roughly 40 minutes to a much smaller bay with only a few houses and boats in it. we were briefed by the head diving instructor Xavier Thibaut on what exercises we need to complete and how we were going to carry them out. the exercises we need to do was to remove our mask underwater and then throw it away making sure to keep our eyes open the whole time so we didn't lose our mask. the second exercise was to remove our regulator partially so that half of the mouthpiece was in our mouth and half wasn't. we did this exercise so that in case during a dive if our lungs become to full with oxygen and we are struggling to breathe this procedure would allow us to sip on the air making it easier to breathe.
on my first attempt at throwing away my mask i closed my eyes and had to be given my mask by an instructor. thus i had to do it again and completed it fine the second time. the regulator exercise was much easier bad didn't cause me any problems.
once everyone had completed both exercises my group led by Loure and Gi two other instructors less experienced but just as good. they led us on a 40 minute dive going to a depth of ten metres. this was our first proper dive and one that i will always remember.
this afternoon was different because today was the first of May and in France nobody works, everywhere is closed apart from restaurants. we ate our packed lunch on the promenade in the sun looking over the sea, it beats the Wesley cafeteria any day of the week.
after lunch we went back to the classroom watched the second chapter of the manual and finished with the standard test at the end of it.
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