Diving- a family activity? We made it so at Porthkerris. September 12, 2006
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Diving- a family activity? We made it so at Porthkerris.
Diving on the whole it can be argued, is not a very child or family friendly sport. It is not easy to be able to marry the two together. Recently we have seen there are a couple of dive centres abroad that advertise crèche facilities but upon closer inspection we have found that the crèche is only available for a morning or an afternoon or the times don’t tie up with the boat times for day trips. In the UK I have not found anybody yet actively advertising facilities for children whilst parents are diving. This doesn’t however mean that there option isn’t there. (more…)
Scapa Trip Report - Final Instalment - Koenig, F2 & Barge & the Night out! September 1, 2006
Posted by Mark Gilmour in : Dive Reports, UK diving, Wreck Diving , 2commentsOur final day of diving, it had been an eventful week. For our final days diving we were going to attempt the namesake of the Konig Class battleships and finish our diving exhausting our gas supplies on the F2 & barge as we did last year.
Ian was not feeling up to this one, still suffering a bit with a dicky stomach. So again it was Steve and I for this one. The shot was supposed to be resting on the upturned hull with begins at about 18m. It wasn’t, at 38m I was a bit suspicious, turns out that the shot was right inside one of the blast holes from the salvage or possibly alongside on the holes that rips along the hull to the seabed. Steve swam off slightly from the shot and ended up swimming right inside, (more…)
Scapa Flow Trip Report Part 4 - Dresden - Coln September 1, 2006
Posted by Mark Gilmour in : Dive Reports, UK diving, Wreck Diving , add a commentAfter the previous day we decided to give the battleships a rest and go back to the cruisers, so today Thursday was the Dresden and the Coln. (more…)
