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Alison Boler
20-12-2005, 10:35
Anyone diving anywhere good this Christmas/New Year??
Adrian Kelland
20-12-2005, 10:41
Might get Devil's Point or Firestone in :D
Anyone diving anywhere good this Christmas/New Year??
Two week liveaboard in the Maldives, pick up boat Christmas eve:D
John Williams
20-12-2005, 11:56
Anyone diving anywhere good this Christmas/New Year??
Pugneys Country Park (Junction 39 off the M1) Boxing Day morning?
(Might give it a miss this year though!)
John
Ben Thompson
20-12-2005, 12:12
Kinlochbervie, in the far north-west of Scotland... Not been there before, but should be great! Any suggestions for sites around there? Will have dive kit in the car, but not sure how much diving we'll be doing! :rolleyes:
Alison Boler
20-12-2005, 15:45
grrrrrrrrrrr :(
Red sea...........get on the boat christmas day afternoon.............life is tough but I will overcome!
Tristan Green
20-12-2005, 16:53
Boxing Day dive in sunny Hong Kong! Water will be a bit chilly but the beach BBQ and traditional beach football game will soon warm us up afterwards :)
Merry Christmas!
Cheers,
Tristan
John Bantin
20-12-2005, 17:16
PeteM. Maybe see you there. Which boat are you going on?
Alan Taylor
20-12-2005, 17:32
Anyone diving anywhere good this Christmas/New Year??
PUB!!!!!!!:)
Alison Boler
20-12-2005, 19:35
Yeah, Tristan.... we really pity you.... and your sob story might have worked had not someone from another HK branch already sent us a trip report on a Boxing Day dive. BRRRRRR - those frigid 19C waters really send a shiver through us :)
http://www.bsactravelclub.co.uk/reports/scboxingday.html
All the best
Allie
PeteM. Maybe see you there. Which boat are you going on?
Vaareydhuni with Tony Backhurst
John Bantin
20-12-2005, 21:57
We'll keep an eye out for you. We are on a private boat. Cannot tell you the name at the moment.
Paul Oliver
20-12-2005, 22:16
Calais, but its a work thing :(
Tristan Green
21-12-2005, 03:23
Yeah, Tristan.... we really pity you.... those frigid 19C waters really send a shiver through us :)
Allie
19 degrees - Balmy. Wait 'til January it drops down to about 17.
Ah - but remember not many of you dive in a 3mm wetsuit in 19 degree waters in the UK :rolleyes: . Fortunately I've upgraded to a 5mm wetsuit in recent years :D . But it's still pretty cold getting changed with the air temp hovering around 12-14 degrees and the cold north wind blowing for all it's worth. Give me the UK with my 7mm neoprene drysuit any day over this - I can't really justify bringing the drybag over here for just 3 or 4 dives a year.
Anyway - enjoy your diving over the festive season.
Cheers,
Tristan
Alison Boler
21-12-2005, 12:21
Tristan,
Our hearts are bleeding for you!!!! ;)
Have a fantastic Christmas - and do encourage some branch members to send us their trip reports. We have some from SCDC and it is great to get trip reports from overseas branches - really interesting.
Allie
Mrs G and myself will be enjoying the wonders of El Gouna this Christmas. We depart on the 23rd for a week. It will be nice to get back into my 5mm steamer after using the drysuit for the last 3 months.
Just actually back from Cocos Islands in Costa Rica - probably the best diving I have ever done. Hammerhead Sharks on every dive and even a whale shark.....
Sophie:cool:
John Bantin
23-12-2005, 12:50
Cocos always delivers. I'm lucky enough to have enjoyed five trips there, and hope to go back. And SeaHunter is probably the best liveaboard for diving in the world.
Adrian Kelland
23-12-2005, 13:21
Just actually back from Cocos Islands in Costa Rica - probably the best diving I have ever done. Hammerhead Sharks on every dive and even a whale shark.....
Sophie:cool:
You really know how to make yourself unpopular round these parts Soph. :D
Have a great Christmas, see you in the New Year.
Adrian
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