Team: RobE, RobM, MikeB
An unusual saturday trip for me, this on the request of the two divers who had a long trip planned. I got changed too eagerly as they continued to faff for ages (diving looks complex!). All three of us loaded up we head down at a leisurely pace, showing the wonderous sights of Cussey to Mike who'd never been before. Nothing like what they have found, but at least he was impressed with Inglorious Bastards. Moving with two cylinders wasn't actually too bad and we soon were enjoying the sloppy filth of Loper Lust followed by the sloppy filth of Vulgarious Bastard. RobM was at least a little thankful that it was now slightly bigger and less committing, although the connection duck was still pretty wet.
Now in Race Against Time they start their second faffing session of the day with kitting up whilst i spend 30 mins starting the trench downstream from Sump 2. This actually made good progress and looks like with a few caps we could drop the sump level 300mm quite easily. Any further is hard to judge.
All set up they head off towards SMMC and the Upstream Sump, which they plan to dive. I was just in a furry and was getting very cold by this point so I head out, taking some unwanted gear on the way and having a bit of a dig at the connection section to make it slightly less horrific.
News on the street is that their dive went very well. The sump was only 15m long and they explored more passage to a second sump. The verdict is still out however about whether Cussey is easier for them than Cliffstile, especially if using big cylinders.
