Alderley Edge mines (under ground not underwater)
Alderley Edge mines (under ground not underwater) Sunday brought a different type of descent, this time into the underworld as opposed to under water. Archaeological evidence indicates that copper mining took place here during Roman times and the Bronze Age (c. 4000), and written records show that mining continued here from the 1690s up to…
Iron Man competition
Iron Man competition Mike Holt recently completed his first Iron Man competition. IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire, on 12 June 2022. This is his report of the day. Considering this was my first Iron Man 70.3 and only my second triathlon I felt confident and ready. Preparation for this event was key, the training, nutrition and hydration…
St Abbs – A last minute decision
St Abbs – A last minute decision The club has a motto/mission/maxim ‘To go diving and to maximise the opportunities to go diving’. Often this means that we go diving with other clubs. on holiday, basically once qualified we try to take the opportunity to get wet. With this in mind a space came up…
New TSAC banners
New TSAC banners After discussion the committee decided to create some advertising for when we are on trips or at training. They felt it would be useful to let people know who we are when out and about. It would also be great to take photos with our promotional banners on. With that in mind,…
Loch Fyne – RHIB diving
Loch Fyne – RHIB diving What a weekend for club diving, Plymouth with two hard boats and Loch Fyne with the two club RHIBs. It’s great to be back in action again and to be using the club’s resources. Having had the RHIBs and the trailers serviced it was a green light for the weekend.…
Plymouth …… finally
Plymouth …… finally The annual Plymouth bank holiday dive was planned and ready to go in 2020, no go, rebooked to 2021 no go, rebooked for 2022 …. Go!!! Finally, we had managed to get the trip on, we still lost a couple of people due to covid and ended up with 17 people travelling…
Capernwray training dive
Capernwray training dive Another excellent days training at Capernwray provided by Debbie and her team. The day turned out to be sunny, if not a little windy! The car park was reasonably full so we expected a little bit of diver soup when we were in the water. The water clarity was not the best…
Sound of Mull and Islands dive
Sound of Mull and Islands dive Third attempt and we have finally made it, sadly not all of us, Covid, double booking and a septic cat bite meant that we were down from 10 to 7. The bonus is that we had a little bit more space on the boat and less wait for the…
Inland sites – divers guide 2022
Inland sites – divers guide 2022 Diver net has produced a comprehensive guide to the inland dive sites of England and Wales, the full article is on Inland Sites Diver’s Guide 2021 – Divernet. I have created a summary of the article below and removed NDAC as it has recently closed. ANDARK LAKE LOCATION Oslands…
Shuttlingsloe walk
The best piece of advice I was given when starting out diving was to take a pair of walking boots on a dive trip. British diving is great, but it can get blown out so have a backup plan. Seeing as I like walking it is not a hard rule to follow. When Paul Moore…
Club events – a list of the years club events, training and trips
A SUMMARY OF THE TRIPS AND EVENTS TAKING PLACE OVER THE YEAR Below is a list of all the events planned for the year (this will be updated as necessary). Keep an eye out for emails, Facebook notifications and calendar posts for up to date information. Each of the events has a link to the…
GoDiving show – TSAC day out
Dive shows are an essential part of diving. They provide many opportunities to improve diving in many different ways and also to just have a good day out with friends. At a dive show its possible to look at new kit, new places to dive, new ideas, to try things out, to listen to interesting…
