Lundy seals
Once again Stratford Divers headed off to Lundy in June for a fabulous trip of sunshine and seals, organised by Angie. Rather than a lot of words, here’s the trip report in the form of a video
Trip reports
The return to St Abbs
We had such a great time last year I decided to run the trip again this year and it didn’t disappoint. I booked 4 days diving with DiveStay at Eyemouth. One of the great things about this company is that they own the accommodation as well as the boat so…
St Abbs, 2018
In July twelve Stratford Divers travelled north to dive the iconic dive sites around St Abbs. For those not familiar with the area, St Abbs is on the East coast of Scotland, south of the Firth of Forth and less than 10 miles north of the border. I hadn’t dived…
Scilly, the hard way
Well actually, the hardboat way. Which some might say is the easy way. And I might even agree with them. The club’s traditional RIB trip to the Isles of Scilly isn’t the only way to dive this wonderful UK destination and Sophie and I decided we would explore the alternative—a…
Red Sea, September 2017
Hillary, Miles, Richard, Stan, Peter, Graham, Russel, Jim, David, Sally, Geoff, Joules, Paul, Jon, Jeanie, Bondie, Brett and myself, all met outside the leisure centre to wait for a coach which unbeknown to us was to arrive 45 minutes late. But due to Hillary’s awesome planning skills we still made…
Isles of Scilly 2017
The divers The annual trip to the Isles of Scilly in June included all the usual suspect with one or two new additions: Rich Wells, Stan Russell, Mark Jeffreys, Pete Virgo, Jon Arthur, Andy Bacon, Hilary Wilson, Miles Howarth, Chris Prichard, Clare Virgo, Geoff Russell, Pete Talbot and Adrian Taylor.…
Weymouth 2017
In mid September, nine Stratford Dive Club members enjoyed the delights of diving in Dorset from Tango, the big orange dive boat, based in Weymouth. I particularly wanted us to dive two iconic wrecks—the Aeolian Skye and the Elena R, because they are both BIG wrecks with wreckage that stands…
Sharm el Sheik: still a great dive destination
Despite the lack of direct flights it’s still possible to get to Sharm el Sheik. Chris and Sophie gave it a go…
Farne Islands video
The trip report for the October Farne Islands trip comes in the form of a video, thanks to Angie Deaves (camera) and Nick Gill (editing).
Circumnavigation of Stoney Cove
Nine club members turned out on Wednesday for what has now become an annual tradition (well, we’ve done it twice)—the circumnavigation of Stoney Cove.