Editorial

Staff · Issue 131, Mar/Apr 2023 · pp. 4

Products mentioned: SeaFrogs housing

Editorial Pool envy At this time of the year, here in the south west of the UK, the sea state, vizibility and water temperature are usually not the most conducive for a two tank dive day intersperced with lunch afloat and a general catch up. The reality is often quick trips out for a short dive from frosty gangways, with padded windproofs, caps with earflaps and snotty noses. And then I saw Pete Atkinson’s excellent front cover image and realised that I suffer from ‘PE” at this time of year. It’s a syndrome where I fantasise about a crystal clear, warm, freshwater swimming pool and preferably with a usefully deep, deep end. Local authority cutbacks have seen an increasing number of leisure centres at risk and indoor pools are not ideal in terms of available light so I envy Pete and his pools in Phuket where he can start with a visually blank canvas with time to create in shorts, T shirt …