The Perrins had Christmas number II of 2009 on thursday night – crazy yes I know. However, the whole family was in the UK and seeing as I will be down south mum decided to do the full deal. Even the christmas ornaments came down from the loft and somehow mum got christmas crackers so we all wore the obligatory hats. Henry my nephew was a little confused by the whole thing but got in with the spirit. Christmas I was in May when Myles came back from superyachting as he had missed christmas.

Friday I had my HSE diving medical in Cambridge – yet another one. The weekend was spent looking after the 9 month old twins and almost 3 year old nephew which was a lot of work for my parents and I especially as they were all full of colds and got all stuffed up. We had a good time at a petting zoo and Henry thought the ferret racing was silly…

I am now in Oban Scotland at SAMS for a week of diving with BAS learning how to use full face masks and compression chambers. It is not as pleasent as in the photo unfortunately. It is the typical scottish drizzle but the water is warm and I have a new scubapro underlayer provided by BAS so should be toasty.