Hello Volunteers,

I have now put together a rosta Saturday 4th at London’s Pride.

If you have any problems, questions please mail me asap.

Hi.  A friend of mine is getting rid of some Scuba kit, which, although old, has hardly been used.

1) AP Valves “Buddy” slimline BCD.  Unused – has never seen water of any kind!  About 12-13 years old, and in Perfect condition.  Includes the Pony bottle.  Dayglo green, medium size.

2) Scubapro MK10 1st & 2nd Stage regulator and octopus with Scubapro depth & pressure gauge.  Again, about 12-13 years old, and only used about 6 times.

Both items would obviously need servicing, but only because of their age, and not because of any fault.

As yet, I don’t know how much he wants for them (I’ll update the post if I find out), but if anyone’s interested, please email me (log in, then click the envelope at the top of this post), or leave a comment below.

Neil.

As promised, I have now prepared some figures for the following trip. Check out this link for more information.

http://www.glug.co.uk/archives/2820

Regards

Charlie

Hello All,

Thanks to those gluggers who have volunteered to help! Here are the rostas for both Prides. I will contact all volunteers privately nearer the time to confirm shift slots.

If I have missed anyone off, please let me know…a few more helpers would be apprecitated therefore giving everyone adequate breaks.

Caroline M (Publicity)

I now have two places available on this bank holiday weekend (3 days diving).  Suitable for recently qualified BSAC Sports/PADI Advanced.  7mm semi-dry suits adequate.  At a push, we could take BSAC Ocean/PADI Open.  Please contact me for details.

Hello All,

A few members have stated that whilst they learnt to dive in warmer waters, they would also like to dive in and around the UK. As the UK has some of the most amazing dive locations in the world!

But the UK is more challenging and drysuit’s are the norm! So I’m putting together a series of UK conversion courses together including Advanced Open Water, Dry suit, Nitrox and Deep courses. Everything you need to get into UK diving!

If you are interested get in touch! The first one is 11/12th July and there is already 5 of us!

On this weekend (11th – 12th July), we will be doing an advanced course and a dry suit course.

Day 1, at Wraysbury (near Heathrow) – we will do some dry suit, navigation, and buoyancy skills.
Day 2, at Chepstow (near Bristol) – we will head deeper (~25m – 30m) doing more drysuit skills whilst looking at some wrecks, and all the sites have to offer…

As Chepstow is a few hours away by road, i plan to head up straight from Wraysbury on Day1, stay in a B&B, so that we are fresh and ready for diving on Day 2.

There are no exams/classroom sessions, only some Knowledge reviews to do! The Advanced is all about improving your practical diving skills and building experience… An Advanced course is 225, and a drysuit course is 149, but if you combined them this weekend, then it will cost 299, saving about £70!!! B&B will be about £30 for the evening…

Thanks, enjoy your weekend!!!
Ian.

Thanks
Ian France
Training Coordinator
PADI MSDT #642402

For anyone interested in underwater photography… I have just posted on my website a selection of photos from my recent trip to the Northern Red Sea. Take a look at www.alanlarsen.co.uk. 

All feedback and comments gratefully received. I’m particularly interested in which images people like the most. When taking photos it’s very easy to get wound up in the images that took a lot of time or effort to get or were technically difficult – and then lose sight of what the viewer actually likes!  So I’m interested to find out what you like the most.  Please either leave a comment on here or contact me via the link on my website.

For anyone who wants to spend a week concentrating on taking photos without worrying about losing their buddy or the rest of the group (!), I strongly recommend booking on to a photo workshop. I have now been on several with Mark Webster and Martin Edge (others run them too…); not only do you get more opportunity to take photos, you can also learn loads – both from Mark and Martin as well as from the other photographers on the trip. (And the participants shoot with everything from basic compacts to housed dSLRs.) 

Alan

Hello Gluggies,

It’s Pride time and the committee are looking for members to come along to London and/or Brighton and do a stint on Glug’s stall to help the recruitment and awareness effort.

LONDON PRIDE – Trafalgar Square, Saturday 4th July

BRIGHTON PRIDE – Preston Park, Saturday 1st August

Shifts will be no more than 2 hours and we will happily accomodate your time frames. If you can only do 30 mins then that’s fine. We aim to have a minimum of 4 on the stand at any one time so we need you if you can spare the time!

If you can help please email me (don’t respond to this thread) with your;

Full name

Mobile Number

Which Pride – London or Brighton or Both

Time you can arrive

Time you must leave

Any relevant information you think we should know

My email address can be found on the contacts page (will get spammed if I enter it here).

Hope to hear from many of you!!!

Caroline M (Publicity)

I now have a spare space on this weekend.  Suitable for BSAC Sports/PADI Advanced upwards.  A 7mm semi-dry suit would be adequate, so dry suit not compulsory.  Should have a few UK dives logged already – not really suitable for first-time UK divers.  Booking form available on the website.

We have a last minute spare space for Scapa Flow, 20-26 June.  Must be an experienced dry suit UK diver with a minimum of BSAC Sports/PADI Advanced qualification.  As we already have a deposit for this space, the fee for diving and accommodation (including breakfast) is a bargain £301.  Please contact me urgently if you’re interested.  Travel isn’t included but I can provide some possible options.

An important reminder that tomorrow’s monthly meeting is at The Phoenix Artist Club and NOT at Halfway II Heaven.

Full details including maps, directions etc can be found here.

Regards

Mark
(Webmaster)

Please visit the Events Page for booking forms and full details.