25th April 2009 by Richard Booth Light winds and a blue sky, heralded the first official club dive out along with a group form Newcastle University Sub Aqua Club on the Farnes in 2009. The party assembled at Seahouses harbour to await the return of the booked charter boat. The original plan had been […]
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21st of March 2009 After a week of light winds and the magic combination of small neap tides and bright sunshine on the planned day of diving, things were really looking up. On arriving at the pontoon in Eyemouth harbour it soon became evident that Derek had taken heed of suggestions made from the previous
28th Feb 2009 With a reasonable weather forecast for the day of brisk south westerly winds, we booked another charter on the MV Scimitar which operates out of Eyemouth harbour. Once kit was safely stowed, the coordinates of the wreck of the SS Shadwan were loaded into the GPS and the M/V Scimitar headed down
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22nd February 2009 After a week of westerly breezes and no real rain to speak of, the opportunity to attempt a shore dive at Greenend Gully seemed too good to miss. On driving up the track from the new harbour it was soon evident however that a combination of heavy ‘diver’ traffic and winter weather
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20th Feb 2009 The original plan for Saturday had been to conduct some dive leader training at St Abbs and given that our RHIBS were in for engine repairs and service this left three options for diving: none (or a muddy puddle somewhere inland), shore diving or last minute hardboat. Up until relatively recently there
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15th February 2009 It is not often that one gets the chance to ‘test dive’ a new dive boat! This Sunday however, just such an opportunity arose. The M/V Scimitar is a Blyth 33′ catamaran that is currently in the process of being fitted out to meet the demanding needs of the dive charter business.
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February 2009 by Gordon Lambert Following the previous branch Ice dive to Cawfields Quarry (see Ice Breaker January) we couldn’t miss the chance to do it all again. Second branch dive of the year and we are back under ice. In the week which saw most of the country ground to a halt with heavy
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It sounded very promising, £10 for a session learning the basics of underwater photography with all the expensive photographic kit provided… The event itself was organised by the Newcastle Dive Centre, who deal with Inon and Fuji photographic products. Steve Warren from Ocean Optics made the long journey North with all sorts of goodies to
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January 2009 First member of Tyneside 114 to dive this year was Gordon Lambert who managed to spend the first minutes of 2009 under the surface of Wastwater celebrating the New Year. The Hunts also managed some New Year diving during a ‘dive’ break up at Oban. For the first ‘official’ club dive however, we
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A total of twenty seven members of Tyneside 114 and Durham City Divers turned up for the ‘Indian meal’ at the Himalaya Restaurant in Birtley. In the run up to the event it had been difficult to confirm numbers due to the number of people falling by the wayside due to the current flu epidemic.
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The wreck appreciation course comprises five theory lessons, two dry practical sessions and two open water sessions. During the theory sessions (which were run over two full evenings for me – as a late comer to the course;) topics such as wreck location, ship construction and layout, marine life, wreck diving equipment and techniques as
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6th January 2008 The 2008 diving season is officially open with unintentional but internationally synchronised icebreaker dives. Andy Hunt and Tony Horsefall bravely set off across the frozen grass for a dip in Ellerton, (a bit desperate I know), a freshwater ‘pit’ in North Yorkshire. Gordon Lambert on the other hand chose to open the2008
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7th April 2007 This Easter weekend saw the North of England blessed with bright sunshine and blue skies. Unfortunately the brisk north easterly winds earlier in the week resulted in a big swell, ideal for surfing, but making for very poor diving conditions off the coast. Plans for diving from the club RIB’s had to
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16th April 2006 As the traditional start to the 2006 season gets underway Tyneside 114 once again take to the water ….. in opposite directions. Tyneside 114 diving over the Easter weekend focussed on two places. One group headed off to the North West of England to spend two days stopping off at a B&B
22nd January 2006 Intrepid club members once again venture out into the cold just to prove there is no “Diving Season” for Tyneside 114 Divers. Sunday dawned with a weather forecast that sounded very favourable, with ‘slight Southerly breezes’ and a mild temperature, unusual for this time of the year in January. Earlier in the
Several members of the club recently travelled down to Jackdaw Quarry, Capernwray, near Carnforth, Lancashire, for the first dive of 2006. An overcast grey sky and cool 2 centigrade outside temperature, drysuits were rapidly donned in the car park, before the eight intrepid divers headed down to the waters edge.Whilst the water temperature (6°c) had
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