With Lockdown restrictions easing, 6 divers ventured to St Andrews Lake, keen to get back underwater as soon as possible. The weather was fantastic for the return to diving, turning out to be the warmest March day in over 50 years! The divers assembled at the lake for a socially distanced meet and greet, with …
Throughout the last year we have hosted many virtual lectures, talks and socials to keep us connected and our knowledge updated. On 9th March we were proud to host a talk by Alan Stephen, a water safety adviser at RNLI on diving safety which we opened up externally. We had over 50 people join us, from …
February took advantage of the amazing zoom talks that BSAC put on and PSAC Diving Cards Against Humanity was born. We started with dialling into the specialist BSAC talk on “Launching and Recovering a Rhib” (something that is super relevant to our club) with a social afterwards. The following week, PSAC members joined the BSAC …
As lockdown 3 came into force in England, Putney BSAC continued the theme of last year with a series of zoom socials, we’ve been reminiscing about diving holidays and listened to an engaging talk about the Graf Zeppelin. We kicked off January 2021 with an social which including a quick fire round of “Navy Ship …
To mix things up during lockdown, Putney reached out to a contact known through Warrington SAC up in the North West. Ste Burke, an accomplished Technical Diver & Author of two books (& my BSAC Snorkelling Instructor from the early 2000s!), took us through his extensive research into Hitlers lost aircraft carrier and his long …
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Here are the entries for our 2020 Photo Competition! [foogallery id=”2312″]
Following strict Government guidelines and Covid safety measures we are back in the pool. There is a one way system at the leisure centre, we have to wear face masks, adhere to social distancing and keep to our bubble groups. But, with the days getting shorter and winter around the corner, it is really nice to have …
It was a last minute dash for Michal to join us for the weekend as a space became available at the last moment (Friday afternoon) and he had only 1 hour to finish work and pack up all his gear ready to get a lift down with Neil who kindly took a small detour. I …
Diving & Dive planning in Porthkerris, Cornwall is as easy as it can possibly be. The dive centre is on the beach for hiring equipment and air fills; the shore dive has a reputation as one of the best in the UK; the two dive hard boats are moored just off shore where a beach …
COVID restrictions have made club trip organizing slightly more complicated than usual. Determined to get a weekend of diving in, 8 divers set off down to Weymouth, arriving at the comfortable hotel Aqua on Friday evening. Restrictions on the number of divers allowed on hard boats meant changes to the original plan, resulting in the …