Port Miou Expedition
June 2004

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Something arrives in a big box and it isn't even Christmas or Jerome's birthday.
Oooh, it's big and yellow...
Despite coming in a flat pack box, it is not from Ikea. And there should not be any spare bits left over. That would really be a bad thing.
Aha! It is the Acme Illegal Immigrant Smuggling Device! As soon as our backs are turned an Albanian asylum seeker escapes from his hiding place and makes a run for it.
For reasons known only to themselves, they decide that this piece of precision engineering would be much better outside in the garden and blazing Mediterranean sun rather than in the shade and relative clean of the living room.
For anyone who hasn't guessed yet this is a 1963 vintage Draeger collapsible deco chamber (i.e. at any moment it may collapse). It is also very good for cooking Heinz chocolate sponge puddings in too.

Here our best decompression experts confer on the best way to decompress our test subject from 235m after they accidentally left the inflation valve open whilst they went to the cafe. If you look closely at the port-hole you can see the test subject grinning as he has everyone's car keys in his pocket.

No matter how hard we try there is no getting away from having to go diving.
"No! You can't make me!!!"
Alex shows why French fashion is famous the world over.
Inadvertently he picks up a pair of J bottles by accident.
"No! You still can't make me!!!"
Bubble free diving on the Mk15.5
Silent Submersion scooters are good but unfortunately don't come with compass, GPS or air bags. Driving them into a wall is not recommended.
Jerome, Xavier & Alex before they leave.
"Where do I clip this?"
Preparing for the new PADI-Tec Double Rebreather from a Rowing Boat Diver speciality card,
Swiss helmet lighting. And CE approved too!
Arno gives his VR3 a good talking too.
Nico gives some passing DIR divers accurate directions to the cave entrance (not necessarily the cave they were looking for).

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