August’s GLUG Meeting is on Tuesday 1st August, from 7.30pm in the Konditor & Cook cafe bar at the Curzon Cinema, Shaftesbury Avenue. All welcome.

Hi everyone,

This is just an idea at present, but I know that there are quite a few keen Underwater Photographers in the club, and, inspired by last night’s Ocean Optics-organised UW photo lecture, and the latest issue of Underwater Photographer Magazine I wondered whether people would be interested in a UW Photography Course Liveaboard trip next year - probably to the Red Sea, since anywhere else would probably make the cost prohibitive for many people.

An underwater trip, naturally, concentrates on the photography. This means that you won’t necessarily be diving a different site every dive - sometimes you might dive the same site 2 or 3 times, so that you can learn from what you did on the first dive, and try to improve. The dives are likely to be mostly fairly shallow, because that’s where the best light is, and it provides the most time for taking photos.
Since the majority of people have compact digital cameras, I would choose a course/photographer which would focus on that type of camera, rather than the more expensive DSLR.

At this stage, I have no idea of time of year, cost, etc. - other than to say that it will probably cost around 40% more than a standard trip, depending on the professional photographer (or in other words somewhere around the £1000 mark).

For examples of the sort of trips I’m thinking of, have a look at a couple of similar trips with Alex Mustard, Martin Edge, and Maria Munn

If you might be interested in such a trip, please leave a comment below.

Thanks everyone for e-mails and enquiries - but this trip is now fully booked up. If you are still keen, I will take a reserve list. It is 95% Glug members. Skipper has yet to confirm pick up/drop off times, but will be a Fri eve, Sunday afternoon. First Glug trip to Bailiwick Islands , hope this could be an annual thing.
Fred

There are still spaces available for the weekend in Swanage. Would be suitable ideally for PADI Adv/BSAC Sports, but possibly a few less experienced too (depending on the number of instructors/dive leaders signed up). If interested please e-mail me at membership@glug.co.uk. Cheers! P.S. Scapa is great!!!

A space has become available for the August bank holiday dive (3 days) in Plymouth. If interested, please contact me (logged in GLUG members can click the envelope at the top of this post). Suitable for PADI Adv/BSAC Sports upwards.

Hi everyone,

Ignacio and I will be doing the Crusaid Walk for Life again this year on July 30th. For those who don’t know, it’s a 10Km sponsored walk through London, to raise money for people affected by AIDS and HIV.

And, yes, we’re looking for sponsors! If you’d like to show your support, please sponsor us on our fundraising page. (It’s in Ignacio’s name, but we’re both doing the walk).

I cannot believe nobody wants to dive in Tenerife. There is more info on the events list now. Have a look how cheap it is. The exact date is open for discussion between people who sign in. We should be flying between 24-28th November. I’ll compile a list of cheap flights. Please hurry up before all the bargain flights are gone.

Hi everybody, this is a little unusual… but I am currently looking for a new flat share with nice people and I thought what could be nicer than to live with gay divers such as me. So my question now: Is there anybody among us who has got a room available in London?
Sonja

Mavericks Diving, based on the Strand, London, have a very attractive offer on lightweight Sea Quest BCDs, and also a 25% discount if you trade in your old regulator for an Aqualung Titan or Legend regulator.

(I traded in my old Apexs regs with them just before I went to Honduras, before they were widely advertising this offer. I can vouch for the Legend reg being very pleasant to use!).

For more details, download the flyer

Ocean Optics are holding a free talk entitled “Reporting from the Wet Zone - Trials and Tribulations of a Diving Correspondent”, at Kings College, The Strand, London, from 7.30pm on Thursday 27th July.

Simon will talk about the opportunities his job provides and about the trials and tribulations of producing “Dive Magazin”.  it will be an enthralling look behind the scenes, resplendent with war stories and mostly truthful anecdotes, all wonderfully illustrated with great photography.  For more information, read the flyer.
If you’re planning on going, you need to pre-register with Ocean Optics.  Please leave a comment below as well, to let other members know you’ll be there.

Suunto have identified a software bug in their D6 & D9 dive computers, which “on rare occassions” can cause the computers to track the dive time incorrectly. The computers affected are as follows:

• D6 : Serial numbers 62102582 and below
• D9 : Serial numbers 62103693 and below

If you have a Suunto computer with a serial number in this range, you should return it to your dealer ASAP for a free software upgrade.

For more information, see the Suunto website

Last year a Glug bunch had a great time diving with Aqua-Tenerife Diving Centre. Last month I was diving with them and loved it. I wonder if anyone would like to dive there towards the end of November? Water will be still warm (22-24C) but air not too hot (20-23C).

Have a look at their web site www.tenerifedive.com, there are descriptions of diving sites. If you look at their newsletters of June 2005 and June 2006, you may see some familiar faces.

Please let me know as soon as posible that I can start the ball rolling.

Cheers

Anna

Please let me know if you wish to attend this event. I was diving on the Sark boat this morning and the skipper enquired if I had any firm bookings yet.

After this week, I will open this dive weekend to my dive club to fill all the places.

Regards

July’s GLUG Meeting is on Tuesday 4th July, from 7.30pm in the Konditor & Cook cafe bar at the Curzon Cinema, Shaftesbury Avenue. All welcome.

Note: We may well be downstairs this month - so if you don’t see us next to the front door, head downstairs.

P.S. I plan to send out a reminder like this each month. If you prefer not to receive these reminders, go to your Profile page in the Members area to change your subscription settings.