After a fairly interesting transit, Maverick arrived at the wreck of SS Thornhill. I was already kitted up and ready to jump, standing on the stern waiting for the horn in the swell made me think and mentally going through the dive for the umpteenth time. Then “BOOOOOOM” followed by two splashes. The first diver, a lovely Brummie chap, jumped…
It was Mark Hampshire and Steve Marchant who first had the idea to dive this Friday to check some new kit. Then joined by Craig Ardrey and Ben Horton, which made up a foursome for the morning session. However, with John Orr's Pembrokeshire trip being called off due to adverse weather on Wednesday, Mark Lewis together with Tom and Mandy…
After some dive trip cancellations, we scrambled for an Early season Porthkerris trip to keep up the spirits! The weekend before, the signs were for a great with 10 metres of visibility as reported on the Manacles! During that week the weather forecast for our weekend wasn’t looking good with a strengthening wind from the south/south-west. I know from experience that…
Whilst scouting around for diving last year we had grabbed a couple of available spaces on Red Alert. Red Alert is an Offshore 125 belonging to Danny Daniels of Discovery Divers. We met some great people on the boat last year and were invited back to dive with them this year. We drove down to ‘Bovi’ on the Friday. We…