Six frost-defying members of Swindon’s Seahorse Dive Club—Bill, Chris, Pete, yours truly, Tom, and Glen—braved the Arctic-esque charms of Somerset’s Vobster Quay last weekend. Armed with drysuits, grit, and a questionable sense of adventure, we plunged into water so cold it made penguins reconsider their life choices (6°C, give or take a shiver). Visibility? A generous 5 metres… if you…
Date Sunday 9th October 2022 We had fantastic weather and I was joined by two of our new members. The water level is very low so we were unable to giant stride in so we entered via the steps.Dive 1 was down to the wheel house and on to the caravan, we followed the line to the poppy. After a…
At 08:00 on the 1st August, the vobster gates opened and the cars poured on. Bill King was first in line as he had a great run from home, the first time he has made the trip in an hour. First time for everything. Piers BG was 4 cars back. Once parked up, Bill and Piers met up, checked in…
For the second consecutive year, our Vobster Night Dive was a tremendous success with just shy of one third of the club membership originally planning to attend. Unfortunately we had a few 11th hour withdrawals, but 17 of us turned out in the end. An excellent turn out.As you will know, Vobster moves from a summer timetable to a winter…