Finally made some more progress! Cast my fins this evening, I've been so exhausted after work the last couple of days that I've only just got around to it. The mould is looking good so far!
I also went for a swim today, and I've made friends with my new monofin, yay! I've found I need to move in a completely different way compared to my hydra. Now that I've worked out the best way to swim, it's much easier, although the foot straps are still a bit awkward.
On a bit of a side note, I also made a breakthrough that I'm super proud of. I've always had trouble equalising pressure with one of my ears (so much so that if I have several plane flights within a couple of days, it won't equalise the second time and I'm practically crying in pain), and so I've never been able to swim very deep. Today however, I managed to get it to equalise well using the swallowing method (the other two don't work for me underwater) and spent ages at the bottom of the 3.5 metre dive pool! I've now got it to where I equalise without even thinking about it! I know this isn't really a huge thing, but to me it is, I felt so free finally not having to worry about going too deep!
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