A wet weekend in late April saw 12 Clidivers head for Ilfracombe and Lundy island in search of seals.   The first morning, as we loaded the boat in Ilfracombe harbour, the skipper warned us that the crossing might be…

Excellent time in Plymouth this weekend diving the JEL, Eddystone Anchor Alley, the Persier, Hilsea Point, the Rosehill, the Scylla, Eddystome East Pinnacle, the Elk and Elk Reef. The poor old James Egan Lane has taken a battering over the…

3.5 months after the trainees started ocean diver, I could no longer hold them back anymore – they were eager to go to open water. I tried to persuade them that it was much warmer in Spain or Gozo, but…

4 hardy (or is that foolhardy) souls braved the Scandinavian winter to have a go at ice diving this winter. Unfortunatley, it was unseasonably warm and so the ice was too thin to dive in through the ice-hole. (snigger). But…

6 Clidivers and a member of Ruislip BSAC embarked on a voyage of chart discovery last weekend! With the theory on Saturday and the voyage planned, they set off on Sunday for a day crusing along the Thames. When not…