Arriving in Ifracombe late on Friday evening I was surprised to see how much it had developed. While the older tourists were out enjoying the warm summer evening strolling around the gardens and along the shore the younger generation were making the most of what Ilfracombe had to offer in terms of night life. So […]
Well my diving year got off to a very poor start this time.
The plan had been to join my clubs usual ‘dive in’ at Babbacombe for some shore diving which always gives me the opportunity of testing all my kit out after its winter break. However, because of car problems I had to skip the […]
Portsmouth is a great venue for diving as there is so much to do if you get blown out and given the awful weather that the south has been experiencing this year it was more a question of when rather than if!
Arriving late on Thursday to find the diving for Friday had been canned I […]
Arriving just before one of the frequent showers that were to plague us most of the weekend, I hastily put up my tent before the heavens opened again……… this was the annual YD visit to Porthkerris.
Friday saw all the early arrivals for this years gig managing to get in a couple of dives off the […]
I had been looking forward to this weekend for some time as it was to be my first boat diving weekend of the year, unfortunately due to the fog half of the dives had to be canned!
Despite the poor forecast for the weekend we started the weekend on Friday with high hopes and a lovely […]
Very strange to be down at Babbacombe again only a week after the clubs ‘dive in’. Meeting up with the DG guys on Saturday it turned out there were a few familiar YD faces as well.
Visibility had been dire the weekend before and was only slightly better this time. Despite not getting any decent pics […]
Being my first dives of the year I was really looking forward to what has now become an annual meeting for the club at Babbacombe. Even finding that my strobe had decided to prolong its winter hibernation and was refusing to work did not dampen my enthusiasm after five months of being dry. Although […]
At least it wasn’t icy weather for camping this time and I had remembered not only my thermarest, but also a duvet in addition to my knackered out sleeping bag. I was down in Weymouth again for another days diving off Scimitar. It was interesting to see the town’s harbour bridge opening up to let […]
An hour and half from home and I suddenly realised I hadn’t put my thermarest in the car………..bugger! Too late to turn back, this meant a rather uncomfortable night on the ground. I was camping overnight in Weymouth in order to meet the others at 7.30 with ropes off at 8 the following morning.
What […]
Initially I said no thank you…… puddle diving is not my thing…..despite everything being blown out at the weekend I really didn’t want to go to Stoney. However, after a little reflection I decided that perhaps there may be a good reason to go to Stoney. I had for some time been toying […]