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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During the week before this dive, the forecast for this particular dive day had quite a few people excited about its potential. Reports of less than force 1 winds and…
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Rainbow Warrior Wreck On day 3 we made a slightly earlier start, meeting at the dive shop and taken by mini bus with dive kit in a trailer for a…
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Sally and I decided to get away for the winter and went on a 4 week holiday to New Zealand. We flew from Heathrow to Singapore (14 hrs) and after…
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Where in the world can you find intact, upright wooden shipwrecks? Ships that still have their bells, steering wheels and rigging? Ships that are not only in diveable depths but…
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