St Abbs (part 1)
St Abbs (part 1) An annual family trip to St Abbs gave me an opportunity to dive with Tony New (a BSAC member who has dived with our club on many trips). He is an experienced diver and enjoys photography so where better than St Abbs, in fact the photos used are mainly his. We…
The importance of testing new kit
The importance of testing new kit. A dive buddy of mine once described changing his dry suit like taking off a glove and putting on a mitten. Both do the same job but the old kit was a known quantity, it worked, he knew how it felt and new how it worked. Putting on the…
Troon Trip to Rosa & Ada
Troon Trip to Rosa & Ada (17-21 May) The plan was to take a RHIB to Troon to enable videoing of a Whitstable oyster smack, Rosa & Ada (R&A), for a film that one of our members was intending to make to celebrate the end of its career in Troon; and do some RHIB diving…
Charles 111 -1st Scuba diving monarch
Charles 111 -1st Scuba diving monarch King Charles III, will officially be the first British qualified Scuba diving monarch counts among, which he took up in the early 1970s. He learnt to dive in the Navy at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in September 1971. He wasn’t the first member of the Royal…
Plymouth
Plymouth Our annual bank holiday visit to Plymouth has, once again, been a great success. A reduced number this year, only ten divers but a good mix and it was great to have old friends and new friends alike. With people arriving from Cambridge, Manchester, Ilfracombe etc, we all arrived at differing times and arranged…
HAG night (Have A Go Night)
HAG night (Have A Go Night) One of the highlights of the club year is the HAG night, in other words the try dive night, where we introduce prospective members to Scuba diving. The organisation starts a long while before the night with the Membership Secretary (Lisa) gathering names of people who have expressed an…
Llaneilian Bay – Anglesey
Llaneilian Bay – Anglesey We have been meaning to head back to Anglesey for a year or so, but as with everything Covid, the trips had dropped off the horizon. Finally getting ourselves into gear we organised six of us to meet at the traditional golden M on the A55 (McDonald’s – Google Maps). One…
Sound of Mull and Scottish Islands
Sound of Mull and Scottish Islands This annual Easter trip is one of the clubs most popular. Any trip on the Gaelic Rose is a good trip as it takes us up to the stunning Sound of Mull and surrounding areas. The scenery is spectacular and the diving is just as good. This trip is,…
Cyprus – Zen diving
Cyprus – Zen diving When in a warm country and by the sea it would be rude not to have a dive so, not wishing to upset the locals, I took the plunge. Staying in Paphos I gave CyDive a shout and soon lined up a couple of shallow dives. They do a lot of…
TSAC 50th Anniversary Quiz Night
TSAC 50th Anniversary Quiz Night To continue our celebrations of our 50th anniversary we held an anniversary quiz at our club, The John Alker. It was great to have 30 people attend including new and long standing club members and it was also great to have some prospective club members attend. Thanks must go to…
Menai Boat Run 2023
Menai Boat Run 2023 This is the annual excuse to get the dive boats out of winter storage and onto the sea in the company of other dive clubs from Wales and the North West. With that in mind our DO (Steve Bettison) decided to have a run out and took a boat over to…
Buoyancy and Trim Workshop
Buoyancy and Trim Workshop The Buoyancy and Trim Workshop includes one theory session and two open-water dives. In it the diver is taught the value of control and relaxation to achieve an optimum position in the water and to understand what affects buoyancy underwater and the practical steps you need to take to achieve and…
