Flowers and Rust, diving the Chris Christensen and the Fang wall at the Farne Islands. September 2016. Report and images by Richard Booth The original plan was to dive the SS Somali on slack water. Initially the weather was kind to us, so prior to the Somali dive and with a flooding tide we took […]
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(May 2016) By Nic Faulks The boat was full, everyone had paid, all the paper work complete, we even had a guest from the south coast, but alas, the weather gods were at it again – this time fog. The weather forecast had looked brilliant, light winds, calm seas and an early mist burning off,
Lochaline – Sound of Mull – Wrecks wrecks and more wrecks! (July 2016) By Nic Faulks After last year’s trip of sunshine and calm seas, we had high hopes for 2016, so Simon Smith organised another trip. The Lochaline Dive Centre is now under new management (accommodation, food and booking – not the boats). So
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Diving for fun on the St André and the Hopper. July 2016. Text and images by Richard Booth. During the Club’s 4 day re-survey of the cannons on Gun Rocks we had the perfect opportunity to show Peta, our visiting nautical archaeologist, that the Farne isles has more to offer than measuring the bores of
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(July 2016) By Nic Faulks The four days of diving on Gun Rocks had been in the planning for some time, and finally it looked as if the weather gods were in a happy mood. Day one dawned calm and sunny, with Richard Booth, David Lindsay, Simon Smith and Peta Knott (Wessex Archaeology – but
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Crumstone and Hopper seal dives. Report and images by Richard Booth First site of the day was on the Crumstone wall. This site offers a fantastic scenic dive, with the wall starting at around 10 metres and dropping down in places to 30 metres. On the Ebb tide it catches the full force of current
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Rust extravaganza on the Knivestone and the North Goldstone reef. July 2016. Report and photography by Richard Booth First dive of the day was out on the Knivestone reef. Here we drifted along the reef exploring the wreckage that litters the seabed in this area. We passed over an old iron propeller and on over
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Knivestone and the wreck of the SS Britannia revisited. June 2016. (Report and images by Richard Booth) The Knivestone reef can usually be guaranteed to provide an interesting dive and so it proved on this occasion. Dropping over the wall we explored the plateau until we came across the large iron propeller. From here we
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St Abbs on a North Easterly wind! (June 2016) By Nic Faulks Well, it seems that everyone but Simon and I had read the weather forecast. We advertised the trip on Whatsapp, email, Facebook and verbally, but no one else wanted to come….. I now know why! It was billed as the Glanmire trip, but
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April 2016 Report and images by Richard Booth One of the great things about BSAC is that being a member of such a large organisation often opens up opportunities to dive with other BSAC club’s. So it was that 4 members of Tyneside 114 found themselves heading up to Lochaline as part of a Durham
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Early season hard boat to the Farne Islands (April 2016) By Nic Faulks For many this was the first dive of their season, so it was great that the day dawned nice and sunny with calm seas. We numbered about 18 people which is a great show for an early season dive, some were seasearchers,
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Report and Images by Richard Booth. A hardy team of Tyneside members assembled at Coldingham Caravan Park with the aim of diving out of St Abbs over the Easter weekend. The weather forecast however was not brilliant and the following morning we assembled at St Abbs harbour to load our kit aboard the MV Shorediver.
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Loch Fyne Winter Warmer (March 2016) By Nic Faulks Since the January winter warmer was cancelled due to high winds, lashing rain and hail, we were all hoping that this weekend would actually see some sun… We all arrived at the cottage on the Friday night to find the heating on and wifi, which was
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2nd August 2015 Words and photography by Richard Booth With an ebbing tide and the Knivestone reef nicely exposed providing good shelter from the retreating tide, it was a good time for a bit more exploratory diving on this remote reef We started off on the main area of wreckage with both pairs of divers
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Sunny, sunny, Scotland and the Sound of Mull. By Nic Faulks A few weeks have passed since we did this trip, so I am sitting here on a drizzly day catching up on trip reports. One thing that strikes me about the dive logs for this weekend of diving, in the Sound of Mull, are
Back in May of this year I was asked by a friend at Northumberland Wildlife Trust (NWT) if I would be interested in taking an artist diving. Of course I replied, if I can spread the love of diving and the knowledge of the amazing life under the waves, then I am happy to. I
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There can be no doubt that one of the single most important skills to master in diving is buoyancy control and trim. Perfecting this aspect of your diving is a major step towards safe, comfortable diving and it can also have a positive impact on the amount of breathing gas you consume, the amount of
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A dinner to celebrate our 50th Anniversary was held at the Beamish Hall Hotel on Saturday 19th November 2011. A presentation was made to Dave Robson as the longest serving member of the branch with some 40 years to his credit. Our Diving Officer received a happy shark. Are we sure it’s happy? Well yes
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Tyneside 114 members set off on the ultimate dive quest to reach the holy grail of UK diving, the legendry clear waters of St Kilda. In the run up to this trip its no exaggeration to state that all Tyneside 114 participants nervously monitored the various web based weather and swell forecast programmes; the omens
17th July 2011 With more swell predicted off the North East coast, plans to dive Eyemouth were reluctantly abandoned and instead we opted to head across the Pennines to dive Capernwray. On arrival it was clear that just about every other diver in the North had come to the same conclusion as the car park
11th June 2011 The conditions looked perfect for a club dive out aboard the Eyemouth Sub Aqua club hard boat, the Aquanaut. Magicseaweed.com promised ideal dive conditions with a combination of flat seas, neap tides and light winds. What could possibly go wrong? However, at 5.45pm a text arrived on the dive organizer’s mobile informing
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5th June 2011 Maurice’s dive plan for the day was quite simple; launch from Beadnel, catch slack water on the wreck of the Somali and for those interested in a second dive there was always the option of a dive off Beadnel point exploring the wreckage of the Yewglen. On this occasion the club would
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30th May 2011 Whirl Rocks is situated out at the outermost point off the Farne Islands but it offers some of the most spectacular diving to be found in these waters. It consists of a large rocky outcrop of reef that rises up from the bottom to within a few metres of the surface. Its
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7th-14th May 2011 This year’s main club expedition was to be centered on the village of Lochcarron, a remote hamlet situated along the north shore of the Loch from which it takes its name. It stretches along the shoreline for over 2 miles, making it the longest village in Scotland if not the UK! The
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