Baby Announcement
We have a baby girl, Isla Jane Merrick, born 23rd July 2007 at 04:45 at John Radcliffe Hospital, 7lb 3, all doing fine. Jo and Paul Big Tuesday – On 07th August 2007,
Big Tuesday
The Shark Trust are coming to the British Legion for the Big Tuesday Seminar!! Deborah would appreciate if people could arrive promptly to help set up the chairs etc. It looks to be a very popular event and Deborah is hoping to start the evening at 8.30pm.
For more information on the Shark Trust http://www.sharktrust.org/
Contact details
Please remember to keep our membership secretary Milly Howard updated with your contact details.
Forthcoming Meetings / Diary Events
1 August 2007
Amanda Radley / Len Sumner
- Training Dive, Wraysbury
05 August 2007
Amanda Radley / Len Sumner
- Training Dive, Vobster
07 August 2007
Big Tuesday, The British Legion, Cock Lane
11 August 2007
Ron Purcell
Dive - Portland, M2 & Baygatano
15 August 2007
Amanda Radley / Len Sumner
- Training Dive, Wraysbury
18/19 August 2007
- Dive - Portland, Chesil Beach Gary Howard
21 August 2007
- Little Tuesday / Committee Meeting The Squirrel Pub, Booker
(The Clubs Full Dive/Event Program is available on the club website)
Dive Review:
Diving out of Portland on July 8th bought the usual excellent weather that Pete always orders (and gets!) for his dives. The previous few days had been rather breezy but Sunday came and we had a light SW wind, and sunshine to boot. The conditions were perfect to dive the Blackhawk as planned, if only we could find it. And if we could find it, would we be able to see it!
With Andy coxing, Pete spotting and six divers on board, Len, Rita, Dan, Lance, Ian and Phil, we set of in high spirits and unreasonably high hopes. Little did they know that the probability was a seabed survey!
Amazingly, with the aid of our new grapple hook, we found the wreck without too much trouble. It gets better. There was around 6m viz. All divers returned to say it was a great dive, Len even went so far as to say that it was his best dive ever... on the Blackhawk. We returned to Castletown for a celebratory cup of tea and burger before a fast drift just south of Grove Point. Rita was overjoyed to spot an unusual crab which she later (eventually) identified as a velvet swimming crab. An unusual find bearing in mind that there are only a few million (billion maybe) of them down there!
The obligatory pub on the way home was very welcome and a good excuse to avoid the traffic, which it did.
All in all a very successful and enjoyable day out.
Messages from the committee
Deborah Davis (Social Secretary) –
The Christmas Party will be held on Saturday 1 December 2007 at The Bull Hotel, Gerrards Cross (same venue as last year). I am still waiting for details of the menu and prices but expect it to be similar to last year - choice of 3 starters, main courses and puds plus 1/2 bottle of wine for £42.50 per person. At the moment I just need numbers of those interested but will need to confirm by 1st week in September. Let me know by email if you are interested and I can make sure that enough spaces are booked for us.
Shopping tip
Tip 1 – You can Never have enough shoes.
Tip 2 – Fins count as shoes (well they go on your feet!).
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