Yey, we finally discovered that the pub had Wifi, so here is a very large update.

We arrived at Stromness on Saturday evening checked in and then headed to the pub..

Sunday, Dive Day 1

We arrived at the boat The Radiant Queen at 8:30 and loaded a;; the kit on the boat, It is a fantastic set up and the Captain Emily is top. There is a deck to store all the dive kit, in the open, then there is a cabin with a centre dest that you can all sit around to have a cup of tea and do the dive logs. You go down stairs from the cabin weher you enter the dry room where you can put on your undersuits, this also contains the head. you then go through a door to the wet roon where you put on your dive suit and then up the ladder on to the open deck for your dive
kit. it is fantastic. when you have finished the dive you do it in reverse.

We then set off to the flow...and the The Dresden, this was a fantastic first dive and the water was flat calm. The Dresden is a cruiser, laying on ots side. and the deck at the bow has peeled forward where you can see the guns. Visibility was about 6m and tha water was toasty. Everyone had a great dive. 32m dive.

For lunch we went to the museum on Lyness, a great display of some of the things that had been salvaged and lots of info.


Dive 2 Karlshruhe fantastic dive at nice open wreck, easy to see the guns and capstans a very nice dive. everyone...again....had a fantastic dive. 28m


When we got back we had a night out in town. People drifted off as they chose, a good night.

Micks qoute of the day.......swan neck and giblits.

Monday Dive day 2

After breakfast we headed to the boat and then out to the wrecks.

Dive 1, The Bummer 32m

The shot line is on a really bad place on this wreck as it goes right into the blast hole. you have to spend a fair amount of time working out which way to go to het to the deck of this as it is laying in its side. Once you get there though it is a fantastic dive with the guns and conning towers. Not everyone went the right way. It was a great dive.

Dive 2 , The Doyle 12m

This is a ww2 block vessel a nice open wreck with some very nice swim thoughs, covered in seaweed, a great wrek to spend some time on although we had to wait for the tide to be just right, slack water was only about 10mins though. Everyone is buzzing and has really settled in to the diving up here now.

Quiet evening for everyone, we all needed a rest.

Micks qoute of the day, put wood in thole

More to come after dinner......