It’s really great when a plan works and thanks to the help of a few instructors and some keen and willing students, today’s ambitious plan ran like clockwork! To maximize the time available we met at Cromhall punctually at 9:00am. Those getting air or Nitrox were asked to arrive a bit earlier. Everyone was there…
Not only did we have a bumper attendance of divers old and new at Cromhall this past Sunday for a number of training sessions but summer also re-appeared to bless the day with blue skies & sunshine (and your author with a touch of sunburn!). I’m not sure I’ve seen the place so busy as…
Thanks very much to Sue for expertly organising a highly successful, productive and very enjoyable training day at Cromhall. Also thank you to the instructors who gave their valuable time and expertise to assist. Congratulations and welcome to Luke on his 1st and 2nd Ocean Diver open water dives with us and also to Claire…
by Kevin. Thursday 30th July : Friday is a blue moon folks, second full moon this month so to celebrate this and also Bobs’ return we had an evening of diving and BBQ-ing at Cromhall – to be honest any excuse would do and these seemed pretty usable! Arriving shortly after 5:30 we congregated at the deep end (from…
24th January, 2015 : Initially to be a Brixham dive, the weather didn’t play ball so it was a fallback to Cromhall. It was a decidedly cool but sunny Saturday morning when Sue R., Tim, Chris H., Ian & myself duly turned up at the shipping container that serves as an office to grab our…
by Laurence. Sunday 27th November, 2011 : A rather late organised trip to the quarry for a bit of practice including Lifting bag practice, DSMB practice and experiments with camera gear in the dark. The diver density was very thick due to the low water, and viz appropriate to the stirring up. Very good to see a…
by Tim. Saturday 18th December, 2010 : Duncan and I took a mosey over to Cromhall to explore the winter wonderland! Other than having cold fingers it was quite pleasant. 6 degrees C in the water. As predicted vis was excellent and lots of baby newts.
by Duncan. Sunday 28th November, 2010 : Just got back from an interesting dive at Cromhall (Yes you can have an interesting dive there) with a water temp of 3 to 4 degrees and an air temp of -4 (minus 4) degrees it it the first time I have had ice form on the dry suit…
by Tim. Sunday 21st March, 2010 : Duncan turned up with his old dry suit to test his new twin-twelve rig for the first time in open water. This was under the watchful eye of our DO; once he had gone home and fetched his own dry suit, that was! Don’t worry Mike, your secret is safe with us. D’oh!…
by Laurence. 7th June, 2008: The aim was to do 50 dives at least, in one day at Cromhall Quarry, and possibly get a few of our dormant divers wet again. Entertainment included an exciting underwater treasure hunt and .. lots of diving ! We achieved the 50 dives and lots…