As usual, trips I organise have little foybles...

Our trip to Chepstow never actually took place in the end. As the weather had been sooooo cold, at the last minute the few of us who were signed up to go to Chepstow decided it would be too cold outside the wigwams in the evening and so at a very late stage it was decided to change the venue to Nemo33.

Nemo33 is a deep swimming pool on the outskirts of Brussels. It is 35m deep at its deepest point with shelves at various other depths along with a swim through and the temp is 33 C. It is the deepest pool in the world !

We left London Scuba at 05:30 to catch the Le Shuttle train from Folkstone to Calais and then drove to the pool.

We registered at 12:30, pool opened at 13:00 and we got a short breifing on the pool and procedures. We the had 10 mins free diving in the shallower sections before donning our scuba kit (all provided as part of the dive - you have to use thier kit except you can use you own mask & computer) and entering the pool again for a 45 min dive.

It is a great dive venue and I will be sorting out another trip soon.

We then spent the afternoon & evening in various Cafes and sightseeing in Brussels it self and drove back the following morning.

Details of Nemo33 can be found here

Tags: Brussels, pool, Nemo33