Babbacombe - 21st June
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<font color='#000080'>Hope you get this,
Well will be there from 10 ish. Probably there for a good few hours. Plan is pretty sketchy at the moment depends how the students do.
Will be me, Dave and his missus Tracey. My better half Sam and a couple of students.
Would be nice to get a pleasure dive in (See how the students do !). Silver Golf WA52 HZW and Black Mondeo.
Come over and say hi if you get out. I will be the one in a blue and grey membrane suit, 5.7", recwing and twin 10's inverted with a smiley face on the end of the 10's
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(Probably sat on my arse trying to get into my harness
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Hope to see you,
Daz
<font color='#000080'>Hope you get this,
Well will be there from 10 ish. Probably there for a good few hours. Plan is pretty sketchy at the moment depends how the students do.
Will be me, Dave and his missus Tracey. My better half Sam and a couple of students.
Would be nice to get a pleasure dive in (See how the students do !). Silver Golf WA52 HZW and Black Mondeo.
Come over and say hi if you get out. I will be the one in a blue and grey membrane suit, 5.7", recwing and twin 10's inverted with a smiley face on the end of the 10's
(Probably sat on my arse trying to get into my harness
Hope to see you,
Daz
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<font color='#000080'>Firstly, Sorry MDemon for not making it all the way to Babbacombe.
We ended up at Meadfoot for a number of reasons. Nice diving all in all though.
Adrian, You are more than welcome, nice to meet up and glad it helped you make a decision.
Daz
<font color='#000080'>Firstly, Sorry MDemon for not making it all the way to Babbacombe.
We ended up at Meadfoot for a number of reasons. Nice diving all in all though.
Adrian, You are more than welcome, nice to meet up and glad it helped you make a decision.
Daz
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How come none of you lot mentioned the big hill at Babbacombe ?. It rained there yesterday and my my poor old van had to wheelspin to get back up.
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How come none of you lot mentioned the big hill at Babbacombe ?. It rained there yesterday and my my poor old van had to wheelspin to get back up.
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I think I would have been OK but my mate had 4 people and 6 cylinders + weights in his car, also the parking can be a bit of a problem unless you get there early or in the afternoon.
Cracking site though if the conditions are good.
The biggest challenge I had was when I had a E series merc diesel loaded with cylinders and 4 people. I took a run up from the end of the car park
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, made it round the first corner only to find that some twonk had stopped halfway up the hill to let another car down (You could have got a bus through
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Now those of you who have driven a merc will know that they do not have a normal handbrake, they have a pull lever release (The handbrake is on or off) and this merc was a manual. So once the car in front had finally buggered off. I gave it loads of revs (I am sure the people in the car park thought it was a plane reving up), popped the handbrake and dropped the clutch, I swear it wheelspan all the way to the next corner
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Aaahhh happy days.
Daz
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Oops, That was one of the reasons why we never made Babbacombe.[b said:Quote[/b] (DougParker @ June 23 2003,06:50)]How come none of you lot mentioned the big hill at Babbacombe ?. It rained there yesterday and my my poor old van had to wheelspin to get back up.![]()
I think I would have been OK but my mate had 4 people and 6 cylinders + weights in his car, also the parking can be a bit of a problem unless you get there early or in the afternoon.
Cracking site though if the conditions are good.
The biggest challenge I had was when I had a E series merc diesel loaded with cylinders and 4 people. I took a run up from the end of the car park
Now those of you who have driven a merc will know that they do not have a normal handbrake, they have a pull lever release (The handbrake is on or off) and this merc was a manual. So once the car in front had finally buggered off. I gave it loads of revs (I am sure the people in the car park thought it was a plane reving up), popped the handbrake and dropped the clutch, I swear it wheelspan all the way to the next corner
Aaahhh happy days.
Daz
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DOH! And DougP was there as well?! B*gger!
Well, for SOME OF US who aren't afraid of a teeny little hill
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, Babbacoombe was great! Vis looked fine, although I counted at least 15 divers going in and I reckon they'd have stirred it all up by the looks of them! Last time I was there we had cuttlefish all over the place - where they still there? (Saw an octopus too - my first in UK waters).
Meadfoot looked good too - was it? Quite a bit rougher than Babbacoombe (AKA Mt Everest). I hope the scallop dredger didn't get anyone....
Unfortunately the only way I could get out of the house and past the guards was by taking my sprog with me - so no diving unfortunately. Don't you hate it when the water looks great but you can't get in it?! Reverse of the usual, and just as annoying.
Because of said small person, I couldn't wait much past 11, so had to go - sorry not to have met you all. Next time. I'll bring crampons...
DOH! And DougP was there as well?! B*gger!
Well, for SOME OF US who aren't afraid of a teeny little hill
Meadfoot looked good too - was it? Quite a bit rougher than Babbacoombe (AKA Mt Everest). I hope the scallop dredger didn't get anyone....
Unfortunately the only way I could get out of the house and past the guards was by taking my sprog with me - so no diving unfortunately. Don't you hate it when the water looks great but you can't get in it?! Reverse of the usual, and just as annoying.
Because of said small person, I couldn't wait much past 11, so had to go - sorry not to have met you all. Next time. I'll bring crampons...
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<font color='#000080'>Meadfoot was very nice, things I saw were...
Crabs,
Pipefish,
Flounder,
Cuttlefish....
A student being sick (Yep it was a bit choppy !)
Very nice though and again sorry we did not meet up.
But we will meet up and who knows maybe even get a dive in sometime and maybe even a beer together afterwards (On me
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My usual sites are Brixham, Meadfoot, Babbacombe and maybe sometimes Thurlestone.
Daz
<font color='#000080'>Meadfoot was very nice, things I saw were...
Crabs,
Pipefish,
Flounder,
Cuttlefish....
A student being sick (Yep it was a bit choppy !)
Very nice though and again sorry we did not meet up.
But we will meet up and who knows maybe even get a dive in sometime and maybe even a beer together afterwards (On me
My usual sites are Brixham, Meadfoot, Babbacombe and maybe sometimes Thurlestone.
Daz
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Babbacombe was very nice also. Things i saw were
Pipefish
Spider crabs
Tompot blennies
Rock cook wrasse
Burrowing anenomes
Snakelock anenomes
Goldsinny
Strawberry anenome
Fan worms
Moon snail
Sole
One type of nudibranch, limacia clavigera
Babbacombe was recommended by a camera nut, so we went to see if cuttlefish were about, no such luck.
We will definately be going back there, it's a lovely little dive even though it's packed. Sea life is blinding considering it's so close to the pier/breakwater. Our snakelocks only live at 10m in Firestone bay. Can't wait to see if my photo of the rib prop comes out
Babbacombe was very nice also. Things i saw were
Pipefish
Spider crabs
Tompot blennies
Rock cook wrasse
Burrowing anenomes
Snakelock anenomes
Goldsinny
Strawberry anenome
Fan worms
Moon snail
Sole
One type of nudibranch, limacia clavigera
Babbacombe was recommended by a camera nut, so we went to see if cuttlefish were about, no such luck.
We will definately be going back there, it's a lovely little dive even though it's packed. Sea life is blinding considering it's so close to the pier/breakwater. Our snakelocks only live at 10m in Firestone bay. Can't wait to see if my photo of the rib prop comes out
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<font color='#8D38C9'>Yep Bab is a top site
parking is no problem you just need to be a mate of Wayne in the cafe
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Oh and the hill is a lot better now they have fixed the road
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P.S. let us know next time you are going there and I will try and meet you.
WACKER
<font color='#8D38C9'>Yep Bab is a top site
parking is no problem you just need to be a mate of Wayne in the cafe
Oh and the hill is a lot better now they have fixed the road
P.S. let us know next time you are going there and I will try and meet you.
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My mate (the camera nut) will be totally peeved if he's missed octopus, cuttlefish was the reason for going to Babbacombe. I've told him that i've seen cuttlefish at Thurlestone every time i've dived there so that is the next place on his mission list.[b said:
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I got my photos back today that i took on Sunday at Babbacombe. The photos of the rock cooks are brilliant and i got an excellent one of my mate trying to take a shot of them while they're playing peek a boo behind him.
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I got my photos back today that i took on Sunday at Babbacombe. The photos of the rock cooks are brilliant and i got an excellent one of my mate trying to take a shot of them while they're playing peek a boo behind him.
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