Derek’s Dive Domain

Oh boy, has 2007 been a terrible year for the weather so far.  We had that one good week in May and apart from a couple of odd days it has been so wet, and dull that it makes winter look like a spring day in the park.  Or something like that.

As a diver and a motorcyclist, poor weather is probably the thing I hate most as it restricts what I can do.  For diving, the rain does not affect me, but wind does, and we’ve had so many dives blown out this “summer” that its getting to the point where I feel like giving up.  However, I am determined not to do that, and have another weekend booked down in Dorset for this weekend, 2 dives in Weymouth on Saturday and another couple from Swanage on Sunday.  The forecast is mixed, some websites are saying fine and sunny, and others are saying wet and windy with flood warnings.  Typical English weather, eh ?

Same with the motorcycling, I have all the wet weather gear, but it just isn’t fun riding in all that lot.  I did a 200 mile trip in monsoon conditions recently, that really wasn’t funny…

So, when is summer going to start ?  The last long range forecast that I saw said that July and August were going to be complete washouts, so I think this is payback for 1976

Oh well… back to the grindstone to pay for a holiday somewhere warm!