Being a Peasant........as I am.....

[Mr T.]

Hi Guys,

I'll submit to a degree of mince 'cause I'm from 't'other side of the the Hills', but surely you chaps (i.e. Yorks) must have some of the best Pond/Lake/Cave/Shore/Hole/Beach/Wreck diving known to Christendom in and around your manor!! I'm sure you do and you're just keeping quiet about them.

I can't argue with the fact that the recent St. Abbs weekend was a damned good dive (I must know, I've never dived there!!), but surely you (and our collective members) must have a shed load of sites worth a mention here. You can't ignore that you've got mine - and other Forum's users - juices flowing after the photies and reports of the Abbs gig?? They want to join and get a piece of 'what-you-got'.

The site and its membership are growing; I think we should agree that (please all, don't stop them coming because they're damned fine, entertaining and informative!) we need to expand the brief beyond "Hey So-and-so, didn't we have a good dive the other day?" ;) we have a duty to make this site a worthy and destinctive alternative to others?!

If we don't, and agree that we're happy with our own company, knowledge, experience and inter-mate banter (and I'm not saying that is the case), then we run the risk of becoming parochial, 'quaint' and just for the use of a certain clique; and that would never do, given this forum's stated aims.

What I would point out is that you have all the neceassry moderators in place and the required 'warning statements' for new members - let's embrace them (I'm not saying we're not) and grow YD to the size, useage and membership that it desrerves.

What d'ya say??

See ya on the U-boat.



(Edited by Bren Tierney at 2:19 am on June 14, 2002)


(Edited by Bren Tierney at 2:21 am on June 14, 2002)

[Davey Willo]

Strangely enough I thought we had some of the longest descriptions of dives and events than any board I've so far been on. Infact I deleted one of my owns posts only last week about the St Abbs swim thru dive because I felt conscious after I'd posted it that I'd just waffled on forever and was probably boring the virtual pants off everyone on the site so I nuked it....



(Edited by Dave Williamson at 7:42 am on June 28, 2002)

[Eddie]

Yeah Dave, that swim through was quite spooky!!! still, after thinking about it I should have taken my lamp with me!
Eddie.

[Davey Willo]

LOL!!  it was definitely a scrotum tightening moment...

[Jay]

You pussy - the funniest bit was watching your sorry ass trying to fin into this TINY space when the REAL postbox was a mere 5m to your right - HILARIOUS :idea:

[Davey Willo]

Yeah yeah... enuff already... I'm still deeply embarrassed about that one.. :anon:

[Eddie]

hehehehehehehehehe.... yep that was funny... I thought he had found something and was reaching in to get it! wasn't untill we moved a few meters further and found the swim through that I realised he had been trying to swim through the wrong hole!...
Dive safe,
Eddie..

[Lou]

See, you're doing it again.

Bren does have a point.  You guys dive around your local area frequently, and between you must have a wealth of knowledge of local dives that other locals, and visitors, could tap into.  However look at this section of the forum, and the UK sites one - they are empty (virtually)!

All it would take is for every so often, each member writes a detailed description of a site with all relevant info (in a Dive XXX book manner.  Soon enough this site could become a valuable resource for planning new dives or trips.

Why not rise to the challenge.  Much as I really enjoy reading reports of dives (and writing them!) there is so much more potential lying untapped!

Cheers

Lou

[Davey Willo]

Aaaaaah is that what Bren was trying to say... I honestly didn't understand him hence my earlier response... Bren will you talk a bit more common so us fick norveners understand what the ell your on about... fanks!!  ;)

I agree with what your saying Lou although the dives descibed so far aren't local to any of us, they are from Oban and St Abbs both of which are described in a million other web pages... (Note to self: Stop exaggerating!)

I did write up about a couple of evening dives that I did in Redcar (my local) but if I remember rightly I also posted links to a web sites showing the location and description of the wrecks in the area with a whole bucket load of history.

Believe me, if I find any sites that I can direct others too I most certainly will, part of the reason I write dive reports is to give people who Haven't been to a particular site the incentive to go, or at least give them a reason to ask more questions if they are interested.

As far as this thread developing into a few responses from the people who shared a particular dive well theres no way of controlling the next post in a thread and sometimes a thread can veer away from the original posters intent.

Dave.

p.s.
I've just had a little look and the particular thread I refered to earlier  'Please Click Here' describes the local dives I encountered, has links to websites describing more local dives plus a multitute of wrecks to dive plus oodles of other information. The people who showed an interest were answered fully and even invited to stay at my home when or if they turn up for a dip, albiet a lot of this was done privately i.e. off the board, for no particular reason other than I was emailed and asked questions. Please please don't think that this place is closed shop that is most definitely NOT the case, but if members do share a dive then you will see banter about said dive and maybe some see this as feeling kinda left out, I hope not as that is not the intent.


Edit: Just so its easier to find rather than dig thru other posts, here's a link straight to the web page of my local dive shop, showing Redcars wreck (this is by no means complete) plus a link to some nice footage of a local wreck called the Dimitris
http://www.divingdirect.co.uk/redcarrocks.htm


(Edited by Dave Williamson at 12:57 pm on June 26, 2002)

[Bantam]

To follow up on what Dave has said, unfortunately although Yorkshire and the North East in general has a good coastline, it's unfortunately not really very suited to decent diving. Anywhere from Seahouses / Farnes going south towards the wash tends to suffer considerably with bad viz. With regards shore dives, the depth doesn't drop off considerably unless you go way off shore, and then you're into boat diving territory.

As for Inland diving - I would have thought that most of the large reservoirs and lakes (at least in North Yorks, such as "West End" near Pateley Bridge, and Blubberhouses) would have been good diving. Unfortunately Yorkshire Water, who own them all, doesn't seem to think so - they're quite narrow minded unfortunately. Their stock response is "They're Deep, Dark and Cold and as such we don't want you diving in it". Obviously not divers, then!
I have had in mind that near where I live (between Malton and Filey) there's at least two quarries I know of that are within 10 years of becoming end-of-life. I have been tempted in trying to raise the capital to turn one into a dive-site, which may be a good thing? (There's nothing like it for quite a few miles as far as I know.)