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Our History - 2005.

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December
28 Dec Diving on a beautifully calm but cold day at Lephinchapel, Loch Fyne.
20 Dec Committee Meting and Sport Diver lectures at the Community Centre followed by Pool Training.
18 Dec

Xmas Dive at Furnace Quarry, Loch Fyne. Click on the our tree, right, and you can see more photos from the day. Thanks to Lesley and all her helpers for the delicious hot soup and chili, hot roasted chestnuts and lots of cake for all those present.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.

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17 Dec We recover at home in a darkened room from Friday night's excesses.
16 Dec Bad Santa and all the gang celebrated the Xmas Bash in traditional style at the Livingston Ramada. Great food; dancing all night - just as well there was a day to recover before the Xmas Dive.
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13 Dec Sport Diver lectures followed by Pool Training.
11 Dec

Diving at another new location in Loch Leven where this Great pipefish, Syngnathus acus, was one of the stars.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.

06 Dec Sport Diver lectures followed by Pool Training.
04 Dec Diving at Dunollie Point, Oban on another beautifull calm day.

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November
29 Nov Committee Meting and Sport Diver lectures at the Community Centre followed by Pool Training.
27 Nov Diving and training at 12.9 Mile Mark, Loch Fyne. Congratulations to Craig Reid who completed his Sport Diver training today.
22 Nov Sport Diver lectures followed by Pool Training.
20 Nov Diving and training at Furnace Quarry, Loch Fyne. First open water dives for Stevie Pirie. Back at a site we haven't been to since July 2000.
15 Nov Pool Training.
13 Nov

Boat Dives out of Eyemouth on the MV North Star were cancelled due to gales on the east coast so we headed across to the west and dived at Finnart Pier, Loch Long with what seemed to be half of central Scotland's training divers.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
8 Nov Pool Training.
1 Nov Pool Training.

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October
30 Oct A group of 6 (now 8) of the club are in the Southern Red Sea.
For the story go here.
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27 Oct Graham and Henry are 'bombed' by a seal during a night dive at the Caves, Loch Long. It was using their torch light to enable it to hunt for fish around them for 30 minutes. It first appeared at 32 m and stayed with them right up to the surface. How scary was that then?
25 Oct Committee meeting followed by Pool Training.
23 Oct

Diving and training at Lephinchapel, Loch Fyne. Fantastic visibility (12 metres) on the site helped Jenny and Craig practice shared ascents.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
18 Oct Pool Training.
16 Oct
Loch leven
 

Diving and training here at M16, in the upper part of Loch Leven. A new site for the Club.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
11 Oct Pool Training.
9 Oct Diving on a very wet day at South Gortein, Loch Fyne - again!
4 Oct Pool Training.
1/2 Oct

A superb weekend at Knoydart on the MV Mary Doune. Click on the image right, of the Candy striped flatworm Prostheceraeus vittatus, for the story.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
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September
27 Sept Committee Meeting at the Community Centre followed by Pool Training.
25 Sept

Diving and training at South Gortein Reef, Loch Fyne.

Eye of a Dogfish or Small spotted Catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, by Jim Anderson.
20 Sept Pool Training.
18 Sept

Diving at South Gortein Reef, Loch Fyne.

Very close-up photograph of a Spiny Squat lobster by Jim Anderson.
13 Sept Pool Training.
11 Sept Diving and Training at Manse Reef, Loch Leven.
06 Sept Pool Training.

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August
30 August Pool Training.
28 August

Diving at the 12.9 Mile Mark, Loch Fyne. It rained all day long, but coupled with a strong south westerly breeze at least the midges were kept at bay.

Close-up photograph of Hermit Crab by Jim Anderson.
23 August Pool Training.
21 August The weather puts paid to east coast shore diving - again!
16 August Pool Training.
13/14 August

Two days diving from the Peter Gibson's MV Selkie out of St. Abbs. We dived the Black Carr and the Skellys on the Saturday and the Black Carr and West Hurker on the Sunday. Lots of life especially Wolf Fish and Octopus and good visibility made for four splendid dives. Diving with Peter is always great fun!

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
9 August Pool Training.
7 August Diving at Lepinchapel, Loch Fyne
2 August Pool Training.

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July
26 July Pool Training.
19 July Pool Training.
17 July

Diving at Weasel Loch, Eyemouth. One of several lobsters seen within the marine park site.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
12 July Pool Training.
9/10 July

A glorious weekend diving in the Moray Firth off the MV Top Cat. Click on the image right, of the life on the wreck of the MV Unity, for the story.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
05 July Committee meeting followed by Pool Training.
03 July

Diving and Training at South Gortein, Loch Fyne.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.

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June
28 June Pool training.
26 June Diving and Training
21 June Pool training.
19 June Diving and Training
14 June Pool training.
12 June

Photograph by Jim Anderson.

Boat Dives out of Eyemouth on the MV North Star. The sea was up a bit so we were restricted in our options so dived the Wuddy Rocks and Black Carr off St. Abbs.
09 June

Midweek boat dive on the Dive Safari RHIB Pegasus out of North Berwick. This little octopus was very co-operative, sitting still for a portrait.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
07 June Pool training.
05 June Diving and Training at 13 Mile Mark, Loch Fyne.

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May
31 May Committee meeting followed by Pool training.
Congratulations to Graham Reid who is signed off as a Master Diver today.
29 May Diving and training at Kentallen, Loch Linnhe.
24 May Pool training.
17 May Pool training.
15 May

Diving and training on another lovely Sunday at Kenmore Point, Loch Fyne.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
10 May Pool training.
08 May

A grand day out on the MV Silver Swift with skipper Paul Gallagher in the Sound of Mull with dives on the Hispania and Thesis. Click on the Ballan Wrasse to the right to see some images from the day.

Photograph by Jenny Young.
03 May Pool training.
02 May

2 excellent boat dives on Peter Gibson's boat, the MV Selkie, out of St. Abbs. We dived the Pinnacles and Skellys Hole and although the water temperature was on 7 deg C we had great diving on a lovely sunny day.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
01 May Diving and Training at Lochside Cottages, Loch Leven.

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April
26 April Committee meeting and pool training.
24 April Diving and training at Kentallen, Loch Linnhe. First open water dives for Peter Lornie and Eric Lornie.
19 April Pool training.
17 April

Diving and photography at Dunstaffnage where we noticed Peacock worms growing out of the shelly sand bottom in the shallows.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
12 April Pool training.
09/10 April Another splendid weekend at Knoydart on the MV Mary Doune.
On the Saturday we dived the wreck of the HMS Port Napier in the morning and in the afternoon thrilled to the rush of the current through the drift in the Kyle Rhea narrows.
After another lovely meal and a good night's sleep we were off on the Sunday morning for two superb dives at Island Rock and Red Point in Loch Hourn.
05 April Pool training.

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March
29 March Pool training.
27 March

Diving and training at South Gortein, Loch Fyne.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
22 March Committee meeting and pool training.
20 March Scottish Sub Aqua Club AGM at Stirling University.
15 March Pool training.
08 March Pool training.
06 March

A superb day out diving from the MV Silver Swift. We headed down from Oban and dived on Anderson Reef in the Firth of Lorne and Eagle Rock on the Garvellachs. Beautiful weather added to wonderful visibility and lots of rare and unusual invert life on these remote reefs.

Photographs by Jim Anderson.
 

A large colony of the coral like bryozoan Porella compressa growing on Anderson Reef at 20 metres.

Photographs by Jim Anderson.
01 March Pool training.

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February
27 February The BDO was at the BDO's Conference learning how to be a better BDO. We can expect improvements all round then!
22 February

trigger fishThe AGM was held at the Community Centre. Another successful year for the Branch. The new Committee was elected. We also handed out some awards and looked at some slides - click on the image left for more details.

The annual levy remains at £40.00 for all existing members. A new member will be charged £75.00 in their first year, £55.00 in their second year and £40.00 thereafter. Charges for kit hire remain unchanged. Children's admission to the pool is increased to £1.00.

Photograph by Stevie McLaughlan
20 February

Diving and training at Manse Reef, Loch Leven. A gaping file shell, Limaria hians, found at 13 meters.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
15 February Pool training.
13 February

Diving and training at Kenmore Point, Loch Fyne. Congratulations to Andrew Pearce and Audrey Johnstone who completed their Sport Diver training. The photo, left shows Audrey lighting up the wall at 12m.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
08 February Pool training.
01 February Pool training.

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January

30 January Diving and training at Dunollie Point, Oban.
25 January Committee meeting and Pool training.
23 January

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
  Diving and training on a beautiful frosty day at Lochside Cottages, Loch Leven. When we arrived we were lucky to see an adult otter hunting around the shore, in and out of the water, around the old slate docks.
18 January Pool Training.
16 January

Diving and training at South Gortein, Loch Fyne. Left is one of the many beautiful anemone, Urticina eques, on the reef to the north of the site.

Photograph by Jim Anderson.
11 January Pool Training.
09 January Diving and training at Lephinchapel, Loch Fyne.

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