Mention Norfolk and images of large white shrink wrapped clammy turkeys come to mind. However, that was to be my destination for two consecutive weekends, or to be more precise, Sheringham on the Norfolk coast. This was a part of the UK I had never been before and my purpose was to attend the Seasearch Observer course and […]
Not having had the opportunity in the past to explore many of the places around Glencoe I decided to take advantage of a good weather forecast. So chucking my camping stuff in the car I once again trundled off up the M6.
Finding a fantastic spot to camp on the shores of Loch Leven I hastily […]
Every now and then I’ve mulled over the idea of living on a narrow boat …….but would I actually be able to drive one! My spatial skills (like most females) are not my strong point and the idea of steering something that was at least three times the length of my car filled me with […]
In the few days before my week diving off Valkyrie I retraced my steps and returned to many of the places that I had visited last year such as Wee Fea which was an operations centre on Hoy during the war. The place fascinates me and I love wandering through the deserted rooms imagining how it […]
I really began to wonder if I was ever to reach my destination this summer as I stared horrified at the broken tent pole poking through the fabric of my tent. Screaming with fury was not an option on this occasion as few other campers seemed to be up yet. I also knew this would […]
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 […]
Walking into the hot humid atmosphere, with floor to ceiling plants I knew instantly that I was going to enjoy this. The myriad of shapes and textures combined with just about every shade of green known to man meant that I was in photography heaven.
Plants both on land and underwater have provided me with some […]
One of my aims for this winter is to visit some of places and things that I always say I want to see but never do. With this in mind I set off for the Historic Dockyards at Portsmouth.
Although I had vague memories of visiting HMS Victory on a school trip when I was about […]
When they started pulling young men from the river with their flies open the speculation began. Was this a new cult, trend, fantasy, ritual? All these ideas were put forward as possible explanations. The simple answer was, (as so often is the case), the obvious one. These young men were caught short whilst walking […]
Having achieved one location that I had been wanting to dive for some time I moved on down to one of my favourite places, Skye. This was yet another Yorkshire Divers gig and I had been looking forward to it for a while having booked my place on it spring 2005!
I decided to drive […]