Derek’s Dive Domain

Random musings of a diver, biker and hockey player…

Archive for July, 2006

“Blimey, its a bit green”

Posted: Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 @ 12:34 pm in Diving | No Comments »

OK, so its Thursday night, 10.30 PM and I’ve just had a phone call from a freind letting me know that our camping weekend on the motorbikes is off. The weather forecast is superb, so I cannot let the weekend go to waste completely, so I decide to go out on the bike on […]

What a weekend :)

Posted: Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 @ 12:09 pm in Motorcycling | No Comments »

Well what can I say, a weekend of diving and motorcycling.  Can’t beat it, especially when it is in gorgeous weather like that.  Report on the diving to follow, but I just wanted to comment on what a fantastic ride I had on the bike to Hunstanton on Sunday.  Took the nice scenic and fast route […]

Book: The Last Dive

Posted: Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 @ 12:05 pm in Diving | No Comments »

 
Well, I promised ages ago that I would post a quick review on this book, but it has taken me a while as it took me absolutely ages to get through the book.  I have to say that I was fairly disappointed in this book.  Having read Shadow Divers, and learning a bit about the […]

Something new in Stoney

Posted: Monday, July 17th, 2006 @ 8:18 pm in Diving | No Comments »

OK, so that isn’t quite strictly true, but it is new to me…
I’m going back to the 29th June for these two dives, as I have been lax in writing them up.  I met up with a group of YDers at Stoney Cove, about 8 or 9 of us all told, to get a couple […]

Dives 73-75 Stoney Cove

Posted: Monday, July 3rd, 2006 @ 3:00 pm in Diving | No Comments »

So, its back to familiar old Stoney Cove, and after an evening of fun and Chicken Risotto with Kath and Gareth (Kath247 and Spacehopper) its off for an early start at Stoney.  We arrive and get the tanks filled without too many delays, unlike the last timeI was there, and just before 9AM drop in […]

Hard Hat Diving

Posted: Monday, July 3rd, 2006 @ 12:25 pm in Diving | 1 Comment »

A couple of Saturdays ago, I had another chance for a Hard Hat dive with the Historical Diving Society, which took place at Covenham Reservoir which is up in Lincolnshire.  I spent a very pleasant day with the HDS regulars, taking my turns at manning the pump, dressing in the divers and of course, diving […]