Thursday 3rd July “The crew assemble”, otherwise known as doing battle with the M4/M5. The de Lara’s left early and spent the afternoon watching the Otters at the Buckfast otter…
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Or the “Wot no diving” dive trip By Phil Underwood & Cathy de Lara It was that time of year again, when autumn approaches, leaves turning into winter colours and…
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Two wonderful ladies from the Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) came to the club last week. They talked to us about the NAS, who they are, what they do, and some…
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Part 3: Antarctic peninsula We finally arrived in Antarctica, a land of mountains, snow, ice, glaciers and giant icebergs. On our first day we saw humpback whales trying to disrupt…
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Part 2: South Georgia to Elephant Island Our first stop in South Georgia was the old whaling station of Grytviken, here the old buildings and machinery form a whaling museum.…
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Part 1: London to the Falkland Islands Having packed all the dive kit we thought we would need, we found ourselves at Heathrow airport, complete with 80 kg of luggage…
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At the 2024 AGM the hotly contested annual photo competition saw 9 photographers battle it out over 4 different categories for some “amazing” prizes. It was great to see so…
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It was lovely catching up with Johno and Cathy at Guz.Tech on Saturday, until Johno announced, “Hey Mark, can you write a piece for the club’s blog for this weekend?”…
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Early Saturday morning six Newbury Scuba Diving Club members braved the torrential rain, floods and the M40 to drive to Birmingham for the BSAC conference. First up was Sophie R…
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Nine intrepid members of Newbury Scuba Diving Club braved the horrors of the M1 heading North to sample the underwater delights of Northumberland’s Farne Islands in September. The divers, with…
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