On 14 & 21 March we were able to offer some of the members of the Rutlish School CCF an opportunity to try out scuba diving.  With 6 cadets on both nights (plus their commander having a go on the second evening) we think…

Andrew & Jenny are determined to make sure that their little grey brain cells keep active so attended a weekend course (5/6 March) at the University of East Anglia.  The course was quite intense and covered a large number of…

This month’s social/info evening was a session on dive planning given by Bryan Stone.  An illustrated talk took us through the main things that need to be considered when planning a dive.  Very useful for anyone looking at doing their Dive…

Our first Social/Info evening and Alan Kennedy led us all through a practical hands-on session of CPR and AED use.  This involved understanding when and how to use the AED, and being exhausted after carrying out CPR on ‘Annie’.  If…

Just to do something different, Andrew & I attended an ORCA Marine Mammal Surveyor Training Course which was held at the City Museum in Portsmouth.   We found out how to search for marine mammals and how to identify the different species.  This…

2016 brings a number of major changes for BUDC.  On 15th December 2015 we met for the last time at Banstead Leisure Centre.  We had found that the pool in the new leisure centre, which we moved to in October, was, as feared, inadequate for…

Report by Paul Clunas who got all excited over his first try dive using a rebreather!! First Rebreather Dive – Sunday 22nd November 2015 We have all observed these divers with what looks a vacuum cleaner strapped to their back…