Black Jack B17 Flying Fortress

Blackjack, a B17 Flying Fortress is possibly the most famous bomber in the South West Pacific theatre of operations. Ditched whilst returning from a raid on Rabaul, she now lies in 50 meters of water off Boga Boga village in the Milne Bay province of Papua New Guinea.

Red Sea October 2011

Packing for any trip gives me a headache, but packing for a dive trip is even worse...How was I going to fit all my dive kit, my clothes,all the suntan creams, bottles and jars I wanted to take? And all into my 20kg baggage allowance. Excited I packed my wreck worn Cressi Frog Fins and shiny new Sunto Dive Computer and after what felt like hours,(it was only 35minutes) I was ready to go.

Windermere Sunday 15^th January 2012

Yet again another very successful trip to Windermere, this time it was a bit cold but very clear. The air temperature did not get above 4.0ºC with the water temperature at a cool 2.0ºC. With everyone well wrapped up and insulated against the cold it was bearable. We had a different team consisting of Warren, Steve, Alan W, and Matt; this was to be Matt’s first boat dive.

Eccleston Delph January 2012

It’s been some time since I last went to Eccleston Delph so it was quite a surprise to see some of the latest improvements over the last year. I joined up with our “Friday Divers” who dive the Delph every Friday on a fortnightly basis depending on the weather. The depending on the weather bit is probably a reflection of the average age of the “Friday Divers” and that includes me.

Yes you can join the club and learn to dive for £199, this includes the first years club membership and your course material to ocean diver, gear loan and air.The club has 2 x boats, 2 x compressors and a full comliment of pool gear. Courses past ocean diver you only pay for the course material.

Windermere Dive 2011

Well we finally did it again after a four year absence from Windermere we managed a dive on Thursday 29th December. With one boat four divers one boat handler and a helper we got to Windermere at 10.00 with no problems.