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Where my love of Scuba Diving started

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After a number of life-changing experiences, I was given a new outlook on life. Life is for living so make the most of it whilst you've got it. So over the years that followed that is how I have tried to live my life. One aspect of this was taking up a new hobby, I had wanted to try Scuba Diving for several years after a try dive on a holiday in Tenerife. Little did I know at the time that the experience I had was nothing compared to the experience I was going to have.  During the year where my life changed forever, I stayed with friends for a while, they themselves have disabilities and they introduced me to the Scuba Trust. This is a charity focussed on providing support and instruction to individuals who want to learn to dive but have a disability. I soon got hooked and decided that I was going to work towards my PADI Open Water qualification. For anyone unfamiliar with this, there are certain skills that you have to practice and achieve in the pool before even being allowed in...