Diving Events:
The following diving
events have been planned so far for 2012. Please
contact the event organiser if you are interested in going on a trip or want
more information.
>Norfolk May 2012 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
26
May |
|
Status |
Full |
|
Open
to |
any divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
TBD |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk July 2012 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
14 July - Saturday only |
|
Status |
Full |
|
Open
to |
any divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
TBD |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk July 2012 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
28
July |
|
Status |
Full |
|
Open
to |
any divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
TBD |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk August 2012 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
11
August |
|
Status |
Full |
|
Open
to |
any divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
TBD |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
Norfolk September 2012 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
8
September |
|
Status |
2 places left |
|
Open
to |
any divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
TBD |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk June 2011 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
11th
June |
|
Status |
Full |
|
Open
to |
experienced divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk July 2011 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
23rd
July |
|
Status |
at least 4 divers needed |
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk August 2011 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
6th
August |
|
Status |
at least 4 divers needed |
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk August 2011 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
20th
August |
|
Status |
Full |
|
Open
to |
experienced divers |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk September 2011 Graham Hucklesby - paxtonhillgarage@aol.com
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
10th
September |
|
Status |
at least 4 divers needed |
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
£20 non-returnable deposit needed |
|
Gas
fills |
These were the trips in 2010
>
Loch Fyne Easter 2010 Paul
Carpenter - paulcarpenter196@btinternet.com
|
Location |
Loch
Fyne, located beside the Mull of Kintyre on the west coast of Scotland. |
|
Dates |
2nd-5th
April 2010. |
|
Status |
FULL |
|
Open
to |
All
levels of diver and will be tailored to suit "Ocean divers" in
particular, ie max depth 20 metres, which will also serve as a good
pre-season warm up for everyone. |
|
Boats |
MV
"Little Blue" which is a King Fisher 26 refurbished as a
dedicated dive boat, she is fully licensed to carry up to 12 divers and
has an on board compressor. |
|
Base |
The
boat is based in the picturesque fishing port of Tarbert,on Loch Fyne. |
|
Diving |
Loch
Fyne is a sea Loch that offers good clear water with 10-15 metre viz in
sheltered conditions all year round, with a choice of intact wrecks,
pinnacles, wall and drop offs with an abundance of marine life to see. |
|
Travel |
We
will be travelling up on Good Friday and diving both Saturday and Sunday,
two dives a day, then coming back home on the Bank Holiday Monday. |
|
Accommodation |
I
have arranged B&B for a group of 12 all staying in the same Guest
House,which is called "The Cuillins" owned and run by a good
friend of the Skipper. You can check it out on the "Tarbert Loch Fyne"
web site,it looks fine by me, and the Landlady has reduced the rate for
the group booking. |
|
Costs |
Costs
for the trip are £40.00 per person per day, which includes 2 dives,
drinks and snacks. Accommodation is B&B £25.00 per person per night.
Air fills are £3.00 for a single and £5.00 for a twin set. Total:
£80.00 diving, plus gas fills and any kit hire. £75.00 B&B, plus
evening meals out in the town with drinks etc. |
|
Gas
fills |
Nitrox
is also available. |
|
Website |
>River Clearing April 2010 Paul Carpenter - paulcarpenter196@btinternet.com
|
Location |
Queens Bridge, The Slipe in Queens Park |
|
Dates |
24th April |
|
Status |
helpers needed in water and on land!!!! |
|
Open
to |
all |
>Norfolk May 2010 Graham Richards - graham.richards@verdant-group.co.uk
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
8th
May - 13.00 1 dive |
|
Status |
|
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
|
|
Gas
fills |
>Norfolk June 2010 Graham Richards - graham.richards@verdant-group.co.uk
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
19th
June - 10.00 and 16.00 2 dives |
|
Status |
|
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
|
Costs |
|
|
Gas
fills |
>
Rivercare event - Saturday 3rd
July 2010 Paul
Carpenter - paulcarpenter196@btinternet.com
|
Location |
Embankment outside the Swan Hotel. From the floating pontoon located at the end of the balustrade, running along the embankment on this side |
|
Dates |
3rd July 2010 , morning only. |
|
Status |
helpers needed in water and on land!!!! |
|
Open
to |
all |
>
North Wales July 2010 Anne and
Zara Hutson - princess.zara@live.com
|
Location |
Lleyn
Peninsula and Canaerfon Bay. |
|
Dates |
Fri
9th-Sun 11th July 2010. |
|
Status |
FULL |
|
Open
to |
Ocean
divers + |
|
Diving |
1
shore dive, 1 wreck dive,1 pier dive and 1 dive with the seals on Puffin
Island |
|
Costs |
B
& B at £31 pn/pp. |
|
Other |
Saturday
evening entertainment is a stone-grill meal at a local real ale pub |
>
Isle of Man July 2010 Roger
Metcalfe - RogerGMetcalfe@aol.com
|
Location |
Isle
of Man. |
|
Dates |
14th
to 20th July 2010. |
|
Status |
FULL |
>Norfolk July 2010
Graham
Richards - graham.richards@verdant-group.co.uk
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
17th
July - 14.00 1 dive |
|
Status |
|
|
Open
to |
Sports diver and above |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
>
Scapa Flow August 2010 Dave
Bridges - contact
via lisa.bedard@gmail.com
|
Location |
Scapa
Flow, Orkney. |
|
Dates |
8th-13th
August 2010. |
|
Status |
FULL |
|
Open
to |
Dive
Leader + |
|
Boats |
MV
Sharon Rose, Scapa Flow Charters. |
|
Base |
Stromness,
Mainland, Orkney. |
|
Diving |
Scapa
Flow and German High Seas Fleet (diving ranges between 26 and 50 metres
maximum), Burra Sound (shallower but challenging currents). |
|
Travel |
We
will be travelling up during Friday 6th August, overnight in
Scrabster and taking the ferry to Orkney on Saturday lunchtime. The return
ferry is on the following Saturday (14th) so return home is
likely to be in the early hours of Sunday 15th. |
|
Accommodation |
On
board Sharon Rose or as arranged by individuals. |
|
Website |
>Norfolk August 2010 Graham Richards - graham.richards@verdant-group.co.uk
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
21st
August - 08.00 and 15.00 2 dives |
|
Status |
|
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
>Norfolk September 2010 Graham Richards - graham.richards@verdant-group.co.uk
|
Location |
Sea Palling |
|
Dates |
18th
September - 13.00 1 dive |
|
Status |
|
|
Open
to |
all ; but need experienced divers to accompany novices |
|
Boats |
Club Rib |
|
Base |
Sea Palling |
|
Diving |
|
|
Travel |
2 hrs travel from Bedford |
|
Accommodation |
Caravan, 7 people ; BB or pub Bring your own or share breakfast and lunch in the caravan. Saturday dinner in the pub |
>
Rivercare event - Saturday
25th September 2010 Paul
Carpenter - paulcarpenter196@btinternet.com
|
Location |
Longholme
Way by the scout huts behind Aspect, |
|
Dates |
25th September 2010 , morning only. |
|
Status |
helpers needed in water and on land!!!! |
|
Open
to |
all |