Loch Leven Dive

2nd April 2013  by Richard Booth & Hubert Desgranges En-route from Glenuig back to the NE of England, Hubert and Richard could not resist the temptation to stop and dive the waters of Loch Leven just outside Ballachulish. Parking off the road, in the woodland car park next to the St Johns church and cemetery,

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First Sea Dive of 2013 – Diving out of Eyemouth from the MV Oceanic

2nd March 2013 by Richard Booth The unusually poor weather since the start of the year has meant that opportunities to dive the East coast have been few and far between. In early March however, after a fortuitous break in the weather over the previous week, things were looking good for the club’s first excursion

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Festive Finning

17th December 2012 by Richard Booth For the final club night of 2012 the Tyneside 114 committee were determined to make it a little bit of a special event. The evening kicked off at Dunston pool at 7:00pm with the reintroduction of Octopush (underwater hockey) to Tyneside 114. Dave Robson had arranged for local Octopush

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Classic Sound

16th – 18th November 2012 by Tiago Moreira As we departed from Newcastle, the weather forecast for the weekend was uncertain but typically Scottish. This was no surprise as we were going to spend the next two days diving in the waters of the Sound of Mull, based at the Lochaline Diving Centre. While waiting

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Seil Island Weekend

A club mini expedition exploring the rich waters off the Garvellachs  (Isles of the Sea) 5th-8th October 2012 by Richard Booth Back in the early 1990’s Tyneside 114 use to make occasional forays out to the Garvellachs using the club RIBS on weekends based out of Oban.  Having focussed more recently on the numerous wrecks

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St Abbs

9th September 2012 by Richard Booth With the club RIB complete with its new Suzuki engine away up in Scotland along with some of the more regular diving members exploring the waters of Uist, Ray was left with the dubious honour of rallying the remaining troops for a hard boat dive out of St Abbs.

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More Capernwray Capers!

17th July 2012 by Richard Booth Perhaps it was the extended bank holiday weekend that had encouraged many of the Capenwray regulars to seek sites further afield, but whatever the reason our arrival at Jackdaw Quarry was greeted by a half empty car park and easy parking relatively close to the water. First dive focussed

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Loch Fyne Expedition

30th June – 2nd July 2012 Written by Kevin Thompson Photography by Richard Booth, David Hyde, Kevin Thompson and Tiago Moreira With the North East of England having just experienced a major super cell storm; thunder, a months worth of rain in a single day, the Tyne Bridge struck by lightning and floods meaning thousands

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