Poseidon's Parlour

When teaching, some dives stick out way more than others. The ones you remember tend to be when something goes wrong. We don't tend to r...

I like taking people down to where they've never been before. So after the wedding of two divers at Cairndow myself and the Chairman he...

Sometimes life throws up a serendipitous moment. For me work had required me to attend a meeting a few miles from my usual diving haunts. T...

Herbert Manfred Marx is a name you may not instantly recognise. He was better known as Zeppo Marx the fifth, and youngest, of the Marx Bro...

It's my first dive day of the year and I am resolved. Resolved to do more dives in more countries and more new places here in Scotland....

After Monday's chilly 2.8c, I was keen to avoid Loch Long when Captain Al, Freeflow Bob, Fast Eddie and myself went diving on a frosty ...

My club had planned to dive at the Farne Islands this weekend, but that was kiboshed by the unpredictable nature of East Coast weather. By ...

Fire in the sky As everyone knows when there's smoke on the water, there's fire in the sky. Tuesday was no exception as Jester,...

The ScotSAC Deep Rescue course is a requirement for a number of things. First, and my primary reason for wanting to do it, it is a prerequi...

Leeds isn't very north! Neil Young once penned an epic song about the Southern Man. However, it is the response by US southern roc...

Despite the long days drawing in Jester and arrived at Loch Fyne in a strange misty half light. The Kingmaker had bailed out at 4.30pm citin...

It always amazes how on a perfect night how calming diving is. It takes on an almost spiritual quality when it all goes right especially as...

Spot the dolphin dorsal competition The famous Beatles parody of the Beach Boys was running through my mind as I donend my drysuit afte...

While the last few Brits decided whether or not hey wanted to leave the European Union, Jester and I decided to head to Seal Reef, Loch Fyn...

When I first met Jester he'd done just 15 dives. Tonight, he was doing his 200th. Quite an achievement. It would be tough to top the fu...

This blog could very well be called 'Cold & Colder' or 'Between a Cold & a Cold Place', but enough of that musing! ...

So the weather has conspired to keep me from the water in the last few weeks. I'm not bitter, I'm just not wet. A look at the detai...

The Tinkers Heart On a recent drive home from a dive site I listened to a radio show about the geographical and metaphorical hearts of ...