Just two club members (Martin and Garry) joined this trip to the deeper wrecks that lie between the Firth of Forth on the east coast of Scotland, and the Farne Islands in Northumberland. We dived and stayed with Marine Quest in Eyemouth. It took about 4.5 hours to get to Eyemouth on Thursday afternoon; we arrived in time for a pie and a pint at our usual haunt, the Contented Sole pub by the harbour. Over dinner we revisited our decompression and gas strategies, having opted for twinsets of helitrox (26/17) as back gas to minimise narcosis, and a...
Marlin Sub-Aqua Club, consisting of Steve, Garry, Martin and Rob, were back in Plymouth on the 2nd of July 2018 for the Best of South West tour with indeep diving. The setup and accommodation was the same as last year’s, so feel free to read last year’s report for this and I will carry on with the interesting stuff, like the diving! Only Steve and Garry were in Plymouth and diving on the Monday. Martin arrived later that evening and I began my journey at 03:30 the following morning. Tuesday 3/7/18 Today myself and Martin joined Steve and Garry...
An edited version of this post was first published in the Ghost Fishing UK newsletter, June 2018, and is reproduced here with permission.Photographs © Ghost Fishing UK, used with permission. Truth be told, I was feeling nervous, sitting in my place on the boat. It had been a few months since Scapa Flow, where I’d become a ghost fisher. I’d kept in touch with the team, and even started a course to fine tune my buoyancy and propulsion. But now I was back, and wondering whether I was up to it. This time it was Plymouth, on the English...
A little tired from four days diving in the sea off Plymouth; I’d driven back home the night before. Now the alarm was going off again. It was 6am. The sun was shining. Today was the second site in our Midland Pools Project: Hill Hole Quarry. Our aims, as before, were to investigate what lay beneath the water, do a preliminary survey, and remove what rubbish we could. We’d got permission to dive, and a key to the site, from Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Rob and Ellie picked me up at 7.15am and we set off for Markfield....
Staying at: The Bunker in Victoria Square, Portland Diving with: Scimitar We traveled down on Wednesday 6th June all arriving at slightly different times but some as pairs. The team was big for Marlin Sub-Aqua Club with nine people: Hugh S, who organised the trip, Steve R, Mike C, Garry H, Mike W, Martin M, Dawn H, Pete F and Jamie V. Accommodation was arranged at The Bunker in Victoria Square, Portland for Wednesday and Thursday nights. It was adequate but crowded as there were two bunks (for four people) in each small room with a single sink...