Quiet Weekend

I knew it was going to be a fairly quiet weekend when I received the training program, but I don't think anyone anticipated what was to come.

Friday in the pool, Saturday classroom doing academics with 2 adults and 3 kids, then Enriched Air on Sunday.  A pleasant change from the usual, so looking forward to it.

Friday

The pool session was a one-on-one with a very nervous middle aged lady who is off to the Maldives on Honeymoon and wants to be able to dive with her new husband.  Whilst far from a difficult session there were certainly some humorous incidents that made it more enjoyable than usual.  However, to protect the guilty no names or details.

When we came out of the pool it was certainly chilly, but no frost to be seen anywhere.

Saturday

Woke up at 05:15 in the van feeling decidedly cold, highly unusual for me.  I assumed that there must have been a power cut or that the heater had failed.  Quick check and all seemed to be working, heater on so power OK.  Why so cold?

A quick trip to the car answered that BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

With temperatures so low, we were not expecting casual divers, but a few hardy souls did venture into the lake.  However, as their kit froze when they came out, most only managed the one dive.

A good session on academics, all 5 successfully completing what they came to achieve, with te kids doing better than the adults.  Oh the joys of a young receptive brain.

Sunday.

Damn French cars.  Driving in this morning the dash lit up like an explosion in a nightclub with alarms going off and the car ground to a halt.  ESP/ASR fault, irreparable engine damage possible.  Not easy to read the manual at 06:00 in the middle of nowhere.  Decided to carry on to the centre and the engine didn’t blow up, but was not able to get above 40mph L.  Good job it’s a company car, no bills for me J

Why is that people turn up for a course they have booked without having done any prep for it?  Not only had 1 student not done their knowledge reviews, but it was apparent that they had not read the manual either.  Not only is this frustrating for the instructors, it is also annoying for the other students, as so much time has to be wasted explaining principles that they should be aware off.

Despite this, all passed despite the ill prepared having to do a re-sit on the final exam, but I could have been home 3 hours earlier.

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