Hey 2006

Phil O · January 1st, 2006, 02:01 AM

Another year starts ... I'm feeling optimistic about it.

Happy New Year to all ... and I'm looking forwrad to some great dive trips this year. Here's my wish list for 2006:-

- Scotland (Oban/Scapa Flow)
- Red Sea (anywhere really - taking my wife for a trip)
- Cayman (Oceanfrontiers on East End)
- Portland (anywhere except the Dredger)

Where do you want to go to this year?

fraser · January 1st, 2006, 02:40 AM

Happy New Year to you mate! Apparently the fireworks in London were quite something this year?

It's still 2005 for some of us

But I'm looking forward to the new year and all it will involve.

I have a rather full diving year ahead once I get back to the UK, and I hope to be visiting Mexico and Donegal. I'll be diving regularly off the South coast and would like to make it oop north to get some dives in with the northern contingent at some point.

2005 was my busiest diving year to date though, despite a lot of work travel. Thanks to everyone I dived with during the year for making it so great

Fraser.

Jecowling · January 1st, 2006, 03:05 AM

Quote: (Originally Posted by Phil O)

- Scotland (Oban)

That'll be my trip then...! You are of course welcome, as a top guy on the last trip.

My 2006 :

If I could afford it, I would dive every weekend, but since I can't, the choice dives are:

Trimix out of Seahouses - there has to be a lot of cool stuff out there. Here's to beginning to build a team to explore the marks...

Weymouth trimix - it's an awful long drive, but the company is good and Wey Chieftan III is a beautiful boat.

Oban / Sound of Mull / Hebrides - it calls me back every year, and everytime I wonder why I'm not still working out there and why I'm pushing paper around a desk for a job when I could be scraping a living cooking for divers on the west coast, the most beautiful place on earth.

Gozo - it's cheap, it's warm and it's the only chance of me getting any vitamin D.

Narvik - quite simply the best week's holiday I've ever had, and I can't turn it down, even if the bank manager gets irate. The second most beautiful place on earth. Can you tell I'm a northern type of girl?

Tech 2 or Cave 1 - 2006 seems far too happy without an ego-destroying GUE course to set me straight. Why do I keep coming back for more?

Jen

Joe G · January 1st, 2006, 06:00 AM

Happy New Year to all around the world, and may all your dives this year be joyous.

I will be looking for some more GUE training to keep me in line this year as well, cave 2 for sure and maybe tech 1. I love being punished.:D

Andrew Bryson · January 1st, 2006, 02:02 PM

Happy new year everyone.

Now that I've completed Tech 1 I really want to get a good number of trimix dives done this year. There's quite a few wrecks in my local area which are in the ~40m/45m range which I've dived previously on air, so I'd like to go back and visit all of those.

Aside from local diving, I can't wait to get on some of the wrecks out of Seahouses, and hopefully do something abroad - no plans yet, suggestions welcome! Might even try and make one of the trips on the south coast, but I get the feeling those will fill up extremely quickly given the increasing number of Tech 1 divers in the UK.

Looking ahead, I'd love to do Tech 2 at some point since there's a lot of wrecks in The Forth which are between 50m-60m. No great rush though.

Cheers
andy

January 1st, 2006, 02:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
Phil O(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 340	Hey 2006 Another year starts ... I'm feeling optimistic about it. Happy New Year to all ... and I'm looking forwrad to some great dive trips this year. Here's my wish list for 2006:- - Scotland (Oban/Scapa Flow) - Red Sea (anywhere really - taking my wife for a trip) - Cayman (Oceanfrontiers on East End) - Portland (anywhere except the Dredger) Where do you want to go to this year? __________________ Phil

January 1st, 2006, 02:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
fraser(Offline) "I'm only late on your timescale" Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 463	Happy New Year to you mate! Apparently the fireworks in London were quite something this year? It's still 2005 for some of us But I'm looking forward to the new year and all it will involve. I have a rather full diving year ahead once I get back to the UK, and I hope to be visiting Mexico and Donegal. I'll be diving regularly off the South coast and would like to make it oop north to get some dives in with the northern contingent at some point. 2005 was my busiest diving year to date though, despite a lot of work travel. Thanks to everyone I dived with during the year for making it so great Fraser. __________________ Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

January 1st, 2006, 06:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Joe G(Offline) New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North America Posts: 26	Happy New Year to all around the world, and may all your dives this year be joyous. I will be looking for some more GUE training to keep me in line this year as well, cave 2 for sure and maybe tech 1. I love being punished.:D __________________ I've been to Heavens Gate, Nahoch Na Chich.

January 1st, 2006, 03:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jecowling(Offline) New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 120	Quote: (Originally Posted by Phil O) - Scotland (Oban) That'll be my trip then...! You are of course welcome, as a top guy on the last trip. My 2006 : If I could afford it, I would dive every weekend, but since I can't, the choice dives are: Trimix out of Seahouses - there has to be a lot of cool stuff out there. Here's to beginning to build a team to explore the marks... Weymouth trimix - it's an awful long drive, but the company is good and Wey Chieftan III is a beautiful boat. Oban / Sound of Mull / Hebrides - it calls me back every year, and everytime I wonder why I'm not still working out there and why I'm pushing paper around a desk for a job when I could be scraping a living cooking for divers on the west coast, the most beautiful place on earth. Gozo - it's cheap, it's warm and it's the only chance of me getting any vitamin D. Narvik - quite simply the best week's holiday I've ever had, and I can't turn it down, even if the bank manager gets irate. The second most beautiful place on earth. Can you tell I'm a northern type of girl? Tech 2 or Cave 1 - 2006 seems far too happy without an ego-destroying GUE course to set me straight. Why do I keep coming back for more? Jen

January 1st, 2006, 02:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
Andrew Bryson(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Abingdon Posts: 315	Happy new year everyone. Now that I've completed Tech 1 I really want to get a good number of trimix dives done this year. There's quite a few wrecks in my local area which are in the ~40m/45m range which I've dived previously on air, so I'd like to go back and visit all of those. Aside from local diving, I can't wait to get on some of the wrecks out of Seahouses, and hopefully do something abroad - no plans yet, suggestions welcome! Might even try and make one of the trips on the south coast, but I get the feeling those will fill up extremely quickly given the increasing number of Tech 1 divers in the UK. Looking ahead, I'd love to do Tech 2 at some point since there's a lot of wrecks in The Forth which are between 50m-60m. No great rush though. Cheers andy