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Not in America the continent---still have the Us up here.In America it is humor. We dropped U in 1776.
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Not in America the continent---still have the Us up here.In America it is humor. We dropped U in 1776.
After my Red Devils got squashed yesterday, I'm no longer in the humour business.
In America it is humor. We dropped U in 1776.
Yes, good win for Wolves . The Seagulls managed to squeeze through today and next have to take on the other half of Manchester.
But how have you divers in Britain been coping with the weather recently?
The UK is becoming a poor destination for diving for a whole lot of reasons of which one is the weather. There are still a lot of divers here and some of the lucky ones belong to busy clubs or facebook groups that dive a lot. Our geographical location relative to the jet stream means that current climate change issues are making the weather unpredictable and pushing extremes of weather we are not used to. For the commercial boat operators that pushes profits down and the numbers of boats still running is getting smaller.
Traditionally Easter is the start of the "new season". I am sure that things will start by then and probably the weather will have settled a bit - the snow and cold of last year has already gone, just the wind problems persist.
There is always a lot of debate as to why diving is declining in the UK and a huge number of theories. My own view is that many of the theories have some validity and the truth is probably a combination of all the factors. We still have great wrecks and good scenic dives and they will still be there on the day the weather clears up, it will just be hard to find a boat to get you to them.
Sad but true. When it's good, it's very good; when it's bad, it's.... well you get the point.
UK divers have to be a resilient bunch and need to accept the fact that their best laid plans may very well be binned in favour of one of the inland sites. Fortunately we have some pretty good quarries if all else fails. Good atmosphere as well.
Sometimes it's an uphill battle to convince new divers to give UK diving a try, but for the hardy it's worth the effort. As I often tell students, they're likely to see more sea life under Swanage Pier than in large parts of the Mediterranean.
But how have you divers in Britain been coping with the weather recently?