The annual Mince Pie Dive Day was a triumph this year! We had more divers and more supporters than ever before. You can see our massed ranks on the group photo which looks more like a school reunion than a dive day at Stoney. There were 15 divers in all.…
Mark Jeffrey took over organisation of the Pembroke trip which has always been a popular and regular target for us to dive as a club. We chartered the dive boat Eva Marie and spent a long weekend in the waters around St Davids and Milford Haven. We were luck enough…
We had another fabulous trip to Lundy last weekend, with plenty of playful seals. Rather than lots of words, here’s a short video that Simon Gurney put together.
12 of us made the trip down to Swanage for a great (if slightly soggy and windy) long weekend’s diving. Only one (Sally) had the foresight to book into a B&B, the rest of us endured a variety of sleepless nights, in the unseasonal wind and rain, in our tents.…
Twelve Stratford Divers headed to Northumberland in early July to dive the clear waters round the Farne Islands. Last year we had only been allowed to have 7 on the boat due to Covid restrictions but happily we had a full complement this year. We were: Hoppo, Peter T, Paul…
The midweek Lyme Regis daydash is a long standing club tradition, but after nearly seven years in the club this was the first time I’ve actually managed to get to one! It was well worth the wait though. The trip was ably organised by Andy Dale, who had even managed…
The annual club trip to the Isles of Scilly ran from June to 11th to 18th and was a huge success this year. The weather was kind and the conditions were very good for diving. Jon and Andy expertly took the club rib Hornet across while the rest of us…
A large number of members struggled down the M5 through the perfect storm of B/H, half-term, good weather and a burgeoning sense of freedom. We camped and dived down in the southwest and from the larger group 10 divers shared both Hornet and Portia and did some really nice diving…
As COVID restrictions eased a small scale trip was arranged to the South Coast to give the boats a run and dust of the cobwebs. The weather was great and the members got a couple of dives in. Some nice photos from the day are below
After lockdown ended, nothing short of Armageddon would have stopped Angie and the Lundy 2021 group from getting to Devon. In the end, the weather felt pretty close to that! Angie, Thaedra, Alastair, Jamie, Nic, John, Andy, Chris, Simon and Denise all made it despite the dire weather warnings. Nic…
