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…
Thanks to Andy Dale for organising a very well received club trip to Capernwray on May 18th and 19th 2021. This was one of the first post lockdown trips run by the club and the sun seemed to be shining for them. Viz was a challenge, as it seemed to…
Like most diving arrangements this year our Annual Mince Pie Dive Day on December 18th hung in the balance until the preceding few days. However the Covid regulations in force on the day worked in our favour. Stoney was in Tier 3, we were in Tier 3, and we didn’t…
Boats for Scapa Flow book up quickly, and with 2019 being the 100 year centenary of the end of WW1, 2020 was a busy year. We managed to get a booking for one of the last weeks of the season in 2020. This was booked over a year in advance…
Organising a dive trip to the Isles of Scilly is always a challenging task, but even more so when you have to contend with a global pandemic! No worries, Team Stratford rose to the challenge, and spurred on by the drive of Andy Bacon we managed to find ways to…
Following our delayed departure, by several months, there was much excitement to be returning to this little rock in the middle of the Bristol Channel. Armed with sense of humour, and the ability to change and do things differently, we finally got there, despite sitting on the M5 flyover in…
Two long term club members both celebrated their 1500th dive within weeks of each other. This was totally coincidental as Sally does most of her diving in Britain whilst Hilary now does all her diving abroad, but they regularly chalk up around the same number of dives each year. They…
