Fish Feeding at Eccy Delph

Eccy Delph is a wonderful name for a wonderful place near to where we live.  It's a disused quarry as far as I know which has been 'developed' (although that may give the wrong impression) into a scuba diving centre.  Now, I have been scuba diving once, about 25 years or so ago in the South of France when I worked there.  It was OK, but I can't say I've ever felt the urge to repeat the experience.  Not in the South of France (dull and boring) and certainly not in the UK (toooo cold), but an awful lot of people seem to get an enormous amount of pleasure from this hobby.  Whenever you go to Eccy Delph there is someone  diving there and the owners have planted interesting objects for the divers to explore - a plane, a car and other such curiosities!  It seems to be quite a sociable sport surprisingly and I must say, I would feel quite tempted to have a go, were it not for my pathological fear of cold water. 

There's a log cabin with a cafe, and a shop selling scuba equipment.  These are both quite rustic and basic affairs. I've never tried the cafe but I've heard that the person who runs it seems to have used Basil Fawlty as his role model. 

You can go into the office and buy a bag of fish food, which is what we do at Eccy Delph given that we are not divers.  The fish are amazing.  I'm not sure what breed (is that right for fish?) of fish they are, they could be trout, I'm not sure, but they are about that size.  They come right to the little concrete slope where the divers can enter the water, eager for food and untroubled by the possibility that they could end up on our plate.  The water is absolutely clear, and watching the fish is hypnotising.  As you throw some feed into the water they scrabble to get some, sometimes jumping out of the water altogether. Kids love it and it is a very pleasant way to spend an hour or two. 

Further development is underway, but being situated where it is in a rural location, and being what it is, I feel it will never become too developed or over commercialised.  I hope not anyway. (apologies for lack of photographs again, took them on my phone and am yet to find the cable so I can download them)