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Hi Kelpy,
Bristol as well and working much of the time with an Instructor who is well known for his love of zider... Most of what has been termed the Bristol massive (coined by Bren
) are PADI divers but we would welcome any divers from any agencies. The PADI bias is purely down to circumstances as we kind of all got together through meeting at a LDS.
With regard to organising dives, well kind of, it is a fairly relaxed kind of organising that normally consists of a plan to dive somewhere and spread the word. A few things in the offing at the moment.
Porthkerris - August bank holiday, camping (site available on request). currently upto 6 people but I think more will be tagging on. Mainly shore diving but we will try and get possibly a RIB or hardboat day in.
Porthkerris - October (Yep we have had some great dives down there) a long weekend staying in static vans somewhere on the lizard.
Other than that just informal day trips to the Southcoast, mainly Brixham, Babbacombe, meadfoot etc.
And the occasional YD get together (Anglesey was the last one).
Quite a range experience in the crew, from Instructors, AI (In Progress), DM's, Rescue, right to newly qualified OW students. As I work with an independant instructor much of our pleasure diving tends to involve getting newly qualified OW students in the water actually diving.
Drop me a PM offline and I will give you more info, who knows maybe we have met without realising it. Any dive shops you frequent around the Bristol area ?
Daz