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The Silver Fox has landed! |
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Written by Declan Flynn
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Friday, 16 July 2010 11:51 |
 Although it may seem that the recent arrival of the new club rib has taken longer than anticipated, for one member of the club this is the culmination of a good few years of work.
Hugh has worked his way through changes in the committee, resubmissions of the application, a headmaster retiring, and interesting conversations with the CEO of the Lottery Commission.
Finally all of his hard work paided off when ’Sport England’ awarded Excalibur Sub Aqua Club a grant to purchase a new dive rib.
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Memories: Two pairs of unknown men’s underpants! Wow! |
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Written by Ruth Strangeway
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Friday, 28 May 2010 09:20 |
 It’s Monday 24 May, a beautiful day outside. We’re driving back from St. Abbs to York, Andy fast asleep in the passenger seat and me alone with my thoughts after what has been a fantastic weekend. We’re both now officially Ocean Divers……… Wow! No longer newbies or trainees, I’m so excited to have finally got here! It certainly seems a long time since Dec said to us “Why don’t you come along and see what you think, it’s the try dives this weekend.” I’m really glad that we did. |
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Beginners' Look! |
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Written by Will Scott
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 10:30 |
 Afer my first open water baptism in the murky, cold depths of Capernwray – St Abbs was to be my first experience of sea-water diving and an opportunity to finish off my Ocean Diver training. Following an uneventful journey up with my dad, it was time to witness some of the ‘preparation’ for a serious weekends’ diving – on the Friday night, this seemed to consist of minor disagreements on sleeping arrangements, good-humoured banter and just a sprinkling of alcohol (being under 18, could of course not condone this sort of behaviour – especially as I had already been ‘read the riot act’ by my mum earlier in the week after celebrating end of school year with some iffy vodka – any re-occurrence of which would result in her putting my Glastonbury tickets on E-Bay!). |
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Dive, Curry, Pint, Awesome |
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Written by Matthew Roberts
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 10:34 |
B  ack to work (oh joy) after a fantastic weekend away in St Abbs. The drive up, alone (Billy no mates!) on Friday evening after work was a poor start, but I soon felt better after a couple of glasses of wine, drunk outside, at 10 O’clock, in the UK without a coat! The next morning we were shown Paul’s new boat, Tiger Lilly III, complete with diver lift. I had been expecting to have to haul my not inconsiderable bulk plus wet kit out of the rolling waves but this was not going to be necessary, and anyway there were no waves. |
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Atmospheric Scapa Sunrise |
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Written by Mike Jones
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Friday, 21 May 2010 10:40 |
 The first I knew that a trip was being arranged to Scapa was when Steve sent out panicky messages about getting deposits in to Chris, he was correct to be anxious as all 12 places had gone in a matter of days, Scapa is one of those places many divers like to tick off their “been there and done that” list. This was to be my second trip and I suspect Chris and Steve have lost count of the number of times they’ve been, if you like wreck diving it isn’t hard to understand. The journey was made easier by having five of us in the car, good conversation helps the time slip by, aided by making fun of Isi who had forgotten sleeping bag, camera other assorted items, a brief shopping trip in Aviemore put that right.
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