Gas used. Trimix 11% O2 / 45% Helium / 44% Nitrogen (known as 11/45). On a beautiful, flat calm, 7th August at 10:36 the horn on Sea Leopard went and two divers plunged into the murky depths of Lyme Bay above HMS M2. A tropical 21 degrees on the surface, and visibility initially a low 1m, the temperature dropped as…
Having seen lots of social media photos and videos of critters and squidgy stuff from Atlantic Scuba, our plan was to visit Falmouth in 2021. However, with Covid travel and social distancing restrictions in place, those weekends were aborted. So it was with great expectation that we welcomed a weekend of diving in Falmouth this past weekend.Travel arrangements mandated that…
Club members attending this weekend back on the 17th, 18th and 19th September were Sue Eyres, Chris Smith, Rick Bastin, Harry Bowden, Peter Eastland, Tom Ingram and Bill King. Thursday Evening Tom Ingram booked the Five Pilchards. Bill King arrived first and after purchasing beer sat at table with reserved for Tom on. Tom and Lucy joined me at the…
This was a long awaited Weymouth weekend having carried forward the trip from 2020 due to Covid and again from March this year as accommodation was not available. But as the adage suggests, good things come to those who wait. It was the idea of Piers that we dive the HMS Sidon submarine but unfortunately with the date changes, he…