Learning to Dive On a chilly afternoon in November 2009 I phoned a shop in Lancing to enquire about learning to dive. I spoke to a very helpful chap called Graeme and recounted the traumatic tale of when I attempted to learn in Egypt a few years earlier. I was invited to come in to the shop…
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Saturday 17th October After 2 days, 758 miles and an overnight stop in Inverness we finally arrive in Stromness. The journey has been good and we even saw dolphins on the ferry crossing from Scrabster to Stromness. We collected the car, left the ferry and drove round to the quayside for our first look at…
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Wednesday 9th October Everyone assembles as instructed on the quay side to find out whether the weather would stop today’s diving……. It’s blowing 30mph and gusting up to 40 but looking at the harbour you would never know! It’s not going to be pleasant but Emily is willing to take the boat out to try…
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Monday 7th October We arrived at the boat at 8.30 and all suits have been fixed by the Scuba elves and are hanging up ready for another days diving…… The work is so good you can’t see where the excess 2 inches have been removed! We are quickly under way racing to the dive site.…
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As the two explorers descend the bow shot line the huge structure of the SMS Dresden comes into view. She is laying on her port side between 25 – 38m as she is resting on a mound. Emily suggested a dive on her bow as our first dive ‘to get our eye in’ ready for…
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Early on Friday morning 3 intrepid explorers set off in a 13 seater mini bus weighed down with 7 people’s dive kit to drive the 732 miles to Scrabster! After an overnight stay in Inverness we arrived in Scrabster on Saturday morning to be greeted by a friendly seal, waving us off on the ferry…
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