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RIB Diving in Newhaven
After a few weeks suffering through the annual plankton bloom on the South Coast, I am happy to report that the visibility this weekend at Newhaven was much improved, with up to ten meters on the Fortuna and the T R Thompson.
Also, with Seaking in it’s seasonal home on site, RIB diving with the club [...]
Ibiza 2010
After several setbacks: people dropping out, Jim Molyneux breaking his ankle, and it snowing in Ibiza the day before we arrived, we finally got the very early Easyjet flight from Gatwick. We were met by a very chirpy talkative character named Jeff Richardson from the Seahorse diving centre, who transferred us to a small resort [...]
Newhaven Update
This last weekend saw some significant winds on Saturday and Sunday but the flexibility created by RIB diving and having the boat in Newhaven meant that we were able to make the most of the Bank Holiday Monday. With water temperatures about 14 degrees things are looking up.
We headed out in almost flat calm seas to the [...]
May Bank Holiday in Portland
The May Bank Holiday approached and with it the annual club trip, chasing away the balmy sunny weather we’d enjoyed recently with the more traditional Bank Holiday rain. This year we’d switched to the start of May and from Plymouth to Weymouth (hard boat) & Portland (RIB diving). As my first club trip I was looking [...]
Farne Islands 2009
Tuesday 25th August 2009 and on my way to yet another Farnes, I hope I never get bored with it up there. Early start to miss M25 rush hour and then get up the A1M as quick as possible. We are going up 4 days early before the diving starts for a holiday and to [...]
A Lumpy Newhaven
Meeting at 11.00 in Newhaven was a relaxing start to what I hoped would be a relaxing day’s diving. Admittedly the weather forecast was not particularly promising, but with a few changes to the dive plan, we divided ourselves up on to Sea King and Britvic. On Britvic, we had Sarah and Gren Hamlyn, Dave [...]
The Unofficial Report On Diving Croatia
In the world according to EasyJet you are allowed to have 32 kilos of luggage if you include sporting equipment, sounds simple, well yes and no!
You can have two bags if one of them is sporting equipment but you may be charged for the bag (no lies this is what we were told). For example, [...]
Around the Reefs in Eighteen Dives
A trip to the Red Sea has not only become a K&E annual event but is often the highlight of the dive season, and this year was no exception.