The Ups and Downs of a Mersey Tunnel Tour
The Ups and Downs of Mersey Tunnel Tour A few intrepid club members (small group photo) met up in front of the 3 Graces in sunshine to have a quick coffee before entering the Queensway Tunnel’s Art Deco ventilation building. This is behind the Port of Liverpool building and built on top of George’s Dock…
GoDiving 2024
GoDiving 2024 The clubs annual trip to the GoDiving show, at NEAC Stonleigh, saw nine of the club heading down the M6 in a selection of cars. Sadly our usual form of transport Paula’s school minibus has been damaged so we had to split up into cars. We all made our rendezvous in the cafe…
February quiz night
February quiz night To start of 2024s social activities our a third quiz was held at the John Alker club. The usual prizes were on offer, spot prizes for the team, an overall prize for the winning team and the first drink, was, as ever, on the club. It was great to see a whole…
Whoa were going to Barbados
Whoa were going to Barbados Getting on the transatlantic Virgin flight the song started resonating around and became one of those annoying earworms, not having gum to help rid me of the problem (according to a study published in The Journal of Experimental Psychology, a recent series of experiments revealed that when people chewed gum…
Anglesey – first sea dives
Anglesey – first sea dives To kick start the season and get a few sea dives in for new ocean divers (before their trip to Fuerteventura) we decided to head to Anglesey and dive the Norman Court, an ‘easy’ dive for first time sea dives. Two days before and a weather check the west side…
2024 TSAC Committee – an introduction
2024 TSAC Committee – an introduction These are the new committee members for 2024. From left to right. Back Row Jack Irlam (Membership secretary), Sarah O’Neill (Treasurer), Joe Willis (TO), Simon Read (IO/Social secretary) Front Row Alf Draper (DO),Paul Tweedale (Secretary), Paula Garbett (Chair), Lisa Kean (TO) Below is an introduction to each member of…
Capernwray training dive – first of the year
Capernwray training dive – first of the year What could be better then to hold the first training dive of the year on a cold, wet, soggy day at Capernwray? According to those who attended nothing could have been better. It was a great turn out and superhuman effort given the wind and rain! It…
Paris Dive Show (Salon de la Plongée)
Paris Dive Show (Salon de la Plongée) A cold January morning in 2023 and I am looking for ideas for a dive trip when the Paris 2024 dive show advert appears in my email box. It seems like a good idea so after a little investigation a plan is hatched to visit in 2024. Roll…
TSAC – Annual General Meeting – 1st February
TSAC – Annual General Meeting TSAC – Annual General Meeting on Thursday 1st February 2024 Our Annual General Meeting is on Thursday 1st February 2024, 2000hrs, at the John Alker (Ex-Servicemen’s Association), Flixton Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 6QY. The committee hope that you will be able to join us as we reflect over our activities of the…
Christmas dive – and then there were two
Annual Christmas dive and meal The year has rolled around and it is time for the annual Christmas dive and meal. As usual we planned to meet at Eccleston Delph dive centre and then on to The Plough at Euxton for the meal. In total 18 of the club signed up for the meal with…
Annual Christmas dive
Annual Christmas dive To start the year we completed our celebratory 50th anniversary dive at Ecclestone Delph so it seemed right to have come full circle and have our annual Christmas dive at the same venue (not withstanding the fact that we do this every year). A total of 20 signed up for the meal…
Capernwray – 11 degrees and dropping
Capernwray – 11 degrees and dropping A couple of visits to Capernwray this month for a few leisure dives and a bit of practice. The first was on the 1st December and had temperatures of positively tropical 11 degrees in the water. Neil Smitham produced the video of the day commenting that it was colder…
