Situated with the ring of the Orkney archipelago is a huge natural harbour where rests the remnants of the 1st World War German Imperial Navy, amongst other wrecks. The story is sad one. At the end of the war, the fleet sat surrendered in Scapa Flow and were scuttled by their own crew in June …
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Mid-October group of Putney BSAC decided to venture up north and had a lovely weekend in St Abbs…. How nice and easy it would be, hey ? Well diving late-ish in season and in the North Sea – what could possibly happen… well a lot – long journey, stormy / windy weather – all was …
Once again Putney BSAC senior citizens dive club visited Porthkerris in Cornwall It’s a long drive down from London but it’s worth it when you get there. A private beach dedicated to diving. A log cabin all to ourselves. Cafe and airfills right by the beach. Everything you need for a great diving weekend. Lizard …
On a beautiful warm weekend in June, 11 of us went to Swanage for a weekend diving on Femti, our club RHIB. We dived the Valentine Tanks and Kyarra, did a drift at Old Harry Rocks and of course some Pier diving. One of our Sports Diver trainees also signed off their assistant dive manager …
Five Putney BSAC divers ventured to the “White Island” of Ibiza in May, known for hippy culture in the 60s and raves in the 90s and beyond. Despite some jocular comments at the HYC that “larging it at Pasha” can not be logged as a dive, there is also some excellent underwater activity to be …
Over the bank holiday weekend, nine members of Putney BSAC headed over to the Isle of Wight to dive the wrecks in the Sandown Bay conservation area. Following some trial runs, the trip was the first major outing for our club RHIB, Femti. On Saturday, Femti was loaded up with seven divers and ably crewed …
Great day at Vobster @ the charity Santa dive for RNLI and Dorset Air Ambulance – massive success, very relaxed dive, lot of fun and all for a good cause in Xmasy snowy day. Divers: Michal, Andrew, Jack and Henry!
We flew into Valetta on Thursday 17th Nov to forecasts of thunderstorms, windy conditions and generally a poor diving outlook, but Henry & Grace had arrived the day earlier and reported good weather. For anyone who hasn’t been to Malta before, being an old British territory, it all seems very familiar but with air temperatures …
When Tim Watson organised a trip to St Abbs, I thought it would be perfect to add the Farnes on to the end of trip as we have travelled so far and the Farnes only being about 40 minutes away from St Abbs in Scotland. So, with accommodation and the boat booked with Sovereign Diving, …