Following the Dive Planning Meeting its now time to formally start getting these booked & the first of them is our regular (well up to COVID & then successfully relaunched last year in a new venue to the event (Portland)

This one has a theme: submarines!  I have to admit my first thought of diving a submarine back before I knew better was how boring – a sleek torpedo-shaped thing with little surface interest but that was before a couple of dives on the M2 & another on a U-boat in Ireland & I learned that they’re as interesting as any regular wreck.

So we’ll be diving one sub each day, the M2 (which a few of you will have done before) and then a German U-boat (UB74) as follows:-

• Saturday November 15th: M2 submarine (34m max) + 2nd dive, ropes off 9:15
• Sunday November 16th: UB74 sumarine (35m max) + 2nd dive, ropes off 11:00

We’ll be on Waverider (a very nice boat with an excellent skipper) out of Portland with Jurassic Aqua Sports ( https://jurassicaquasports.co.uk/diving ) with plenty of hot drinks & between dives hot pasties

The plan is to stay Saturday night at the Portland Outdoor Centre ( https://portlandoutdoor.co.uk/bunkhouse-accommodation ) opposite the Aqua Hotel & above the Dorset Adventure Cafe (who serve a superb breakfast!) – we did 4 to a room last year for £35 each including the aforementioned superb breakfast (£12 if you don’t stay there)

We’ll look to go for a meal Saturday night at the Cove House Inn.

I already have interest expressed from 4 members – – in total there are 12 spaces available (at present)

If you’re interested & want to secure your space I need 50% deposit (£80) with the balance to be paid a few weeks before.

Your Friendly Neighbourhood Diving Officer

Kev