Some photographs
- I seem to be so madly busy to not blog a whole lot these days. Maybe this will change when I find this mysterious beast “spare time” which seems to happen to other people and not to me.
My lack of diving has continued, with the grand total of three and a half dives this year. The half comes from aborting a dive because the one thing I really wanted to do with my camera was never going to happen unless I developed the dexterity of an octopus at the bottom of the shotline to set my white balance with the new housing.
Today was spent up at the Stromness Academy doing the first half of my community first responder course, the second half being tomorrow. All very good, learned a lot especially about airways, suction and defibs. So dont keel over in Stromness from now on, because it could be my ugly mug you wake up to.
Here are some pics taken last week at Lyness Museum.
A macro of some of the markings on the HMS Hampshire propeller at Lyness
More propeller markings
Looking up at the prop
More markings and an adjustment screw
Close up of a gas mask
HMS Royal Oak brass lettering
Porthole from HMS Vanguard
June 8th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Playing with a defibrilator! This will mean that ,you can,at last,at long last,shout-Charging .Clear!!!! and mean it.
June 8th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
The Royal Oak lettering is very effective DoaD. I’d be quite happy to wake up to your mug if it meant you had saved my liff!
June 8th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Another fine and evocative blog from the Diver, thankx Doad!
June 9th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Great photos, DoaD. I like the Royal Oak letters too, and the propellor markings. Hope the course went well - you’ll be pushing the medics out of the way at accidents now, “Let me through! I’m a first responder!”
June 11th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Hope that the 2nd day of the course was just as enjoyable. Do you have more courses after this one or is this your last?