Hello from a newbie in London ...

[Carpster61]

Hi, I am Gavin and I am new to scuba diving. I have just passed part one of my PADI open water course with Adventure Divers in Walthamstow, East London. Really looking forward to the open water part but a bit scared I guess. Will be going abroad as much as I can as the River Thames doesn't hold much interest for me and the vis is appalling under Big Ben ... ... Anyway, hiya and I am glad to be here. Thanx for reading ... !!!

 

[PeterNBiddle]

Hi, I am Gavin and I am new to scuba diving. I have just passed part one of my PADI open water course with Adventure Divers in Walthamstow, East London. Really looking forward to the open water part but a bit scared I guess. Will be going abroad as much as I can as the River Thames doesn't hold much interest for me and the vis is appalling under Big Ben ... ... Anyway, hiya and I am glad to be here. Thanx for reading ... !!!

That was a terrible joke. You will fit right in around here.

Where in London do you live?

 

[Carpster61]

Joke ... ??? It was serious, I fell in there once .. Ha,ha ... !!! I live in East London near to Stratford. Not many opportunities for scuba diving round here, but may be going to Maldives in December. That will be my first proper open water dive after I pass my PADI open water in May ... (Hopefully) ...

 

[PeterNBiddle]

I lived in Hackney for a year and a half. Lots to like about London.

You'll pass.

 

[Carpster61]

Thanx for that Peter, I work in Hackney next to London Fields as a cabinet maker. Really become nice place now especially in the summer.

 

[PeterNBiddle]

Kingsland and Downham - just north of Regents Canal in a flat I could never afford now.

When I was there it was shifting from working class / stabby land to hipster square.

 

[beaverdivers]

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