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Loch Fyne Expedition

30th June – 2nd July 2012 Written by Kevin Thompson Photography by Richard Booth, David Hyde, Kevin Thompson and Tiago Moreira With the North East of England having just experienced a major super cell storm; thunder, a months worth of rain in a single day, the Tyne Bridge struck by lightning and floods meaning thousands …

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Farne Islands

10th June 2012 by Richard Booth With the club RIB Seawitch back from pre-season repairs/servicing and the recent poor weather it was with a certain level of apprehension that club members assembled at Seahouses harbour. The closed slipway barrier and absence of other dive RIBS, plus the odd wave breaking over the outer harbour wall …

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Ellerton

5th June 2012 by Richard Booth The day saw a good turnout of Tyneside members, and we were rewarded for our efforts by good underwater visibility of several metres, excellent by Ellerton standards. For some of the newer members, Ellerton offers a good sheltered open water environment in which to experience their initial open water …

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Anemone Gully, St Abbs

18 March 2012 by Richard Booth Dropping into the churned up waters off the Black Carrs it was evident that the recent bad weather had taken its toll on the underwater visibility. We headed down through the gloom locating the southern edge of the reef before following it down into deeper water. At 25 m …

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Oslofjord Dive

25th August 2009 The plan was to dive on the wreck of the Chandris. Alan Lopez, skipper of the M/V Spellbinder, on the previous weekend had dropped a group onto a bit of wreckage where all manner of interesting objects had apparently been seen. His aim was to drop us off on the same area …

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St Abbs, Wuddy Rocks

22nd August 2009 On arrival at Wuddy Rocks it was very clear that we were in for a good days diving on account of the exceptional underwater visibility that was all too evident from simply looking over the side of the boat. Wuddy Rocks is a site situated not far from the entrance to St …

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Shetland August 2009

Written by Andy Hunt Photography by Andy Hunt and Nic Faulkes After an excellent expedition the previous year which was organised by Dave Robson, it was decided to go again, to do dive some of the better sites we’d done last year, plus explore some new ones. The final expedition team comprised many members from …

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