Joan Mercier, Jim Dunfield and I headed North this morning to Brewer's Mills looking for ice-free water and a site to dive. We succeeded in both ambitions, but had to resign ourselves to a pretty exciting and unusual dive in the currents and eddies that are a feature of this inland site.
Boasting a maximum depth of only about 24 feet and a water temperature right on freezing, this wasn't one of the year's great dives, but it was an experience. Entering and exiting the water with an ice margin right beside you is stimulating - and concentrates the mind...
We got about 15 minutes in the water - making circuits of the bowl that lies beneath the bridge. Needless to say, in water this cold, a couple of free flows reared their ugly heads, curtailing the dive prematurely.
Highlight - apart from riding the current eddies - playing with a crayfish found sheltering under one of the rocks.
Thank you to Jim for the pics...
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