Lochaline

25th-26th April 2015 by Richard Booth One of the joys of membership of the BSAC is the opportunity to dive with other branches. In this case three members of Tyneside 114 joined a Durham Divers trip to Lochaline on the Sound of Mull. So it was that the party assembled at the Morvern Dive lodge …

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Gun Rocks Night

 16th March 2015  by Richard Booth Over 70 past, present Tyneside members and other guests attended the Gun Rocks presentation evening at the Ravensworth Arms. Indeed a number of attendee’s had travelled considerable distances for the event with Nic and Linda Ashmore driving up from Weymouth and Andy Hunt from the Isle of Wight. The …

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Capernwray

 19th October 2014 by Richard Booth With the original weekend plan of a trip to St Abbs cancelled due to the dodgy weather forecast, a small band of Tyneside ‘divehards’ still determined to get wet, made the long journey over the Pennines and down the M6 to Capenwray. On arrival kit was quickly unloaded and …

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Re-breather Training

August 2014 by Nicola Faulks I learned to dive back in 1995 at university and never really thought about diving on anything other than open circuit. Then 3 years ago Simon got a re-breather. It beeped a lot. But he seemed to enjoy it. Being economical on air, I thought that I wouldn’t hold back …

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St Abbs Weekend

6th – 8th June 2014 by Richard Booth One of the great things about being part of a large club such as the BSAC is the opportunity to dive with other branches and share ones knowledge and experience of local dive sites. In this case, Putney BSAC who had some spare spaces on Paul Crowes …

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Sunshine on Seil

10th-12th May 2014 by David Mitchell A trip to Seil Island is becoming an annual event on Tyneside’s calendar. May 2014 saw us making our third visit to this area and the diving was some of the best we have experienced. Seil Island lies about 12 miles South West of Oban. It’s a true island with …

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