Cannon Ball site
Just outside of the Fal estuary there is an area known by local divers as the cannon ball site. Local divers have brought up many cannon balls from here over the years and every now and then we dive there to see what’s around. It was our usual Friday evening dive and this site was selected as a change. Continue reading this entry »
S.S. Kilmaho
Today saw the second of the two planned dives out of Penzance on Fred Buckingham’s ‘Pamela P’. We left at the same sensible time of 11:30 and once again decided the dive on route. As our remit was a maximum depth of 60m we were presented with a few options, the favourite being the Kilmaho. So that’s where we headed. The Kilmaho was sunk by UB-20 in 1917 whilst on route to Dunkirk with its cargo of railway components including track and carriage wheels. As far as Fred knew it hadn’t been dived that often and sounded interesting to us. Continue reading this entry »
S.S. Elastoplast!
Today saw the first of two dives out of Penzance on Fred Buckingham’s ‘Pamela P’. A large catamaran based in Penzance that is very comfortable and well suited to divers. We left at a sensible time of 11:30 and decided the dive on route. Our remit was a maximum depth of 60m and after a bit of discussion we ended up heading for a wreck which had not been identified. The first time anyone dived the wreck they cut themselves on it and required a plaster, an Elastoplast, so that was what the wreck is called for now. Continue reading this entry »
S.S. Hera, Again!
Well it was another Friday evening. Shaun still hasn’t decided to take us out for the usual Friday evening dives and Gary’s hardboat wasn’t available. So it was Gary’s RHIB or nothing! We met back at our original embarkation spot, Customs House Quay in Falmouth. After some discussion and Gary’s concern at the state of tide we still decided to dive the Hera, which hopefully wouldn’t be very tidal, it was mid tide, but it was still close to the small neaps. 7 set sail (powered) off into the sun drenched water, Continue reading this entry »
S.S. Medina & S.S. Cheapside
Well it’s been a long time since I updated my blog, so I thought it was about time. The past few months has been a hectic time, even with the prolonged bad weather. I managed to get a week’s diving in Malta and a lot of UK dives too, although not necessarily the dives I wanted to do. The last 2 dives were almost a typical example of what has happened over the last year. Continue reading this entry »