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The Glittering Gatsby Night

Archive Events / Kevin Phillips

We had a superb night at when the club was transformed into Bert’s Speakeasy Bar and we were visited by a host of 1920’s glamorous ladies as well as gangsters and budding Jay Gatby’s. Photos below courtesy of Richard, Vesta, Alison and Kevin Click a photo for the full sized version.                    […]

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Dahab Trip Videos

Trip Reports / Kevin Phillips

Videos from a recent trip to Dahab in Egypt. Diving pristine reefs off the beaten track. A Dive in the Canyon at Dahab plus a night dive.

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Trip Report – Whithorn

Trip Reports / Kevin Phillips

Trip Report by Clive Byrne.   Hi, Whithorn was a great success for those who eventually went! Seven out of twelve. I liased closely with Chris at Newton Stuart BSAC club. It looked like diving on the boats was off due to weather conditions. However their was a slight chance of some shore diving. So

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Heet Cave Expeditions – Riyadh – Saudi Arabia

Trip Reports / Kevin Phillips

Here is a video of the first trip to the cave. A second expedition was run to extend the exploration into some of the deeper sections and lay a permanent cave line.    

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Social Event Report – Race Night – September 2018

Archive Events / Kevin Phillips

We had a great night of fun and entertainment at the club with a race night. The social team worked hard to put together a really good night.     We even had a visit from a Right Royal Arab, Sheikh Ur-Money. All the punters were excited for the racing.. Bets were placed, and the

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TRIP REPORT – Malta August 2018

Trip Reports / Kevin Phillips

ECSAC Visited Malta for a week of wreck and reef diving and a lot of beer by the looks of it..  😉 After a short flight from Manchester (3Hr) we landed in Malta for a weeks diving. As we were all arriving at different times we arranged to meet in the bar “Fat Harry’s” to

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Trip Report – North Rona and Sula Sgeir in the North Atlantic

Trip Reports / Kevin Phillips

Report by Pat and Phil. ECSAC North Rona and Sula Sgeir Aug 18-25th 2018. We arrived at Scrabster on Saturday morning to load kit into the dive containers. Nick and Claire had driven overnight. Everyone else had chosen the comfy bed option at various points on the A9. The ferry took the long way round

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My Life in the Blue Stuff – LIVE!

Blog / Kevin Phillips

Alan very kindly delivered a talk night at the club regaling members with stories of the clubs history and events in the early days of scuba diving.   Clive also provided the refreshments with Chilli and Tortilla chips as well as Apple Sponge Cake. Feedback has been great including “Alan was very interesting with an

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My Life in the Blue Stuff – Chapter 18 – Diving Friends

Blog / Kevin Phillips

This is the eighteenth installment in the series of articles from Alan Haywood, one of the clubs early members. You can see the full series of articles here. Chapter 18 – Diving Friends Neville Oldham (you can see a profile of Neville here). Ann and I moved to Macclesfield in 1957. We had spent 7

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Trip Report – Scillies Dive Trip -2018

Trip Reports / Kevin Phillips

Trip Video: Isles of Scilly dive trip report – by Alison Brammer. Sat. 28th July  We met at the harbour at Penzance and loaded our kit into the container, parked our cars and then returned to the ferry to board. The crossing was extremely rough with many people suffering sea sickness, our group included.  We

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