Advantages: cheap price, good seals and zipper, heavy duty boots Disadvantages: wears quite quickly,
Typhoon nexus drysuit
I bought my Typhoon nexus drysuit 6 years ago from new, and so far have used it on around110 dives in the UK in a wide variety of conditions from fresh water lakes in winter to off shore boat dives in the summer.
It comes in at the entry level price range for a membrain suit made from nylon trilaminate it is not that hard wearing compared to the more expensive suits and it will start to wear on the high friction parts such as inside leg and knee areas but this is easily fixed with a 2 pac adhesive such as Aquabond by Beaver.
The suit is rear entry via a large zip across the shoulders and must say that it has never proved to be a problem in fact it runs more easily then my other more expensive drysuits. It has a dump valve at the wrist which is simply raised above your head to expell unwanted air. The wrist ...
Advantages: Great conservation centre, especially for otters. Disadvantages: You have to like otters, and hilly walks, to fully appreciate it.
*** Our Discovery of this Excellent Centre ***
I have had a few holidays in the Peak District, but despite the Chestnut Centre being well advertised in the area, I was in no hurry to visit it. This is because when I had seen otters in captivity before, in various locations, they were only active briefly at feeding time and their enclosures stank of fish.
Then Morrisons gave us some Buy One Get One Free vouchers for days out, as a reward for shopping there, so me and hubby decided we would use one at the Chestnut Centre.
We were pleasantly surprised at the lovely time we had there!
*** The Estate and Wildlife ***
The Chestnut Centre is in an area of outstandingly beautiful countryside which is specially protected so that wild creatures and plants can live in safety. Sadly the picturesque hilly landscape that the centre ...
Advantages: Wild and wonderful Disadvantages: Far from the beaten track
Gavin Maxwell, author of ?Ring of Bright Water?, and of course ?The Otter?s Tale?, died in September 1969. Eighteen months earlier, his house, which he called Camusfearna, and had been home to the writer and his otters for so long, was destroyed by fire. Now, more than three decades later, the Bright Water landscape has dramatically altered.
I sought out the real-life location of Maxwell?s home, with the help of an OS map and a pair of well-worn boots. Herewith my rambling thoughts.
Someone who cared had placed a bunch of wild bluebells on Edal?s memorial plaque. They were wilting now, in the midday summer sun. But they had lost none of their poignancy.
The old rowan tree, too, has died. But it still stands, stark and lifeless against the black-green of the encroaching conifer plantation.
Scrambling down the precarious ...
