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Club blessed with sunshine for B.B.Q.

12/8/2014

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Saturday 9th August saw members and families, 27 in total, gather at Ann and David's place for an end of summer BBQ.  
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Everyone enjoyed the good food mainly prepared by Ann with assistance from David on barby, good company helping the ladies to put faces to names, a few beers and wine rounded off with the great weather.
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Club Divers - missing from the photos are Charlotte, Euan, Fiona and Chris.
The day helped to celebrate a good 12 months with several members gaining new certificate levels.
They were:
Sports Diver - Josh Beattie and Josh Brooke.
Master Diver - Kate Brooke, Alan Green, Dave and Charlotte Skelton 
and achieving Club Instructor - David Bell and Alan Green.
All of this was made possible by our BDO and instructors Rob ,Richard and Billy and not forgetting the area RDO Peter on the cold mornings in Crummock.
Many thanks for the time and sometimes patience. 

The next day saw an early start as Rob took some of the trainees up to Loch Long. So starts the next 12 months. 
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More successful treasure hunting

29/7/2014

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A pleasant little bimble under Pooley Bridge pier lead to the discovery of a mislaid mobile phone.  After some cunning detective work, the delighted owner was located and re-united with what turned out to be something of great sentimental value.  


In his own words, "
I received my phone this morning through the post and wanted to say an absolutely massive thanks. I honestly cant believe it was found. I was very touched and humbled by the effort you had made to trace me. 

Some of the photos are obviously priceless and so happy to see them again - no thanks to a large amount of wine I consumed at a wedding 3 weeks ago. I think it would make a hell of a story for the local paper!!

Once again massively appreciated and don't know how to thank you.

I will be in touch and maybe make a visit in the near future."


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Gear for Sale

1/7/2014

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If you are interested in any of the following, please contact Mark on 07760 254500.
Everything is out of test so will need to be serviced/tested before use.


  • Twin 10l tanks with isolating manifold
  • 15l tank
  • 3l pony
  • Poseidon JetStream regs with cold water 1st and 2nd stage
  • Apeks TX regs 1st and 2nd stage
  • 6' JetStream LP hose
  • 4mm compressed Neoprene suit with front entry zip and auto dump valve
  • Pressure gauge (x2)
  • Buddy Commando BCD with auto air
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Well done

16/6/2014

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Congratulations to Alan Green and Josh Beattie for qualifying as Branch Instructor and Sports Diver respectively this weekend :-) 

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Our Hero!

5/6/2014

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An Appleby schoolboy is cycling 100 miles around the Eden Valley to raise money for a cancer charity that helped support his mum after she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Josh Beattie, 16, attends Appleby Grammar School where he is currently doing his GCSE’s. He’s a member of Appleby 2192 ATC squadron and also Penrith Divers, the sub-aqua club.

Josh will be cycling around the Eden Valley on Sunday 6 July, taking in the fell villages, over to Orton, up to Kirkby Stephen and finishing in Appleby.

His friends, family and his younger brother, Dylan, will be alone different stages of the route to offer support and encouragement along the way.

Josh decided to do a fund-raising challenge to raise money for the cancer charity Macmillan, because of the support they gave his mum, Sam Beattie, following diagnosis of Hodgkins Lymphoma in December last year and throughout having chemo at the Cumberland Infirmary.

Josh set up a JustGiving and JustTextGiving page and has already raised £385 towards his target of £500.

Josh said: “I wanted it to be a personal challenge. Because my mum has gone through a hard time, my fundraising has to be something difficult too.

“I wanted to raise money for Macmillan because of the support they have given me and my family and I wanted to repay that so that they can help other families to.”

Josh’s mum and dad said: “We are so proud of Josh. To challenge himself like this to help others is amazing.

“We’re really grateful to everyone who has sponsored him.”

Josh’s mum Sam added: “I’d like this chance to say a big thank you to the nurses and staff at Cumberland Infirmary.”

To sponsor Josh please visit his JustGiving page.


(article from Cumbria Crack)
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Not-quite-Christmas dinner

23/11/2013

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It was an almost full turn-out, including some no longer active club members, for the annual not-quite-Christmas dinner at the Cross Keys Inn.
A good time was had by all with much merriment and only a slight excess of alcohol partaken of in some quarters ;-)  It could even be said that there were some interesting revelations made!
Here's to a great start to the festive season and many more to come.

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Loch Long Training Weekend

21/7/2013

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The club’s most recent excursion to Loch Long saw ‘one of the best training weekends’ that our BDO, Rob Wilson, has ever experienced during his time with us at Penrith! Saturday saw 30 degree heat and some successful training exercises, including 30m lifts, and sweep searches, as well as personal tours from Billy Sinclair for two of our latest trainees, the two Josh's! This was followed by a successful and somewhat jolly meal in the village of Luss, with the day being concluded by a not so successful camping trip! Sunday, despite being overcast, saw another brilliant training day, with Alan finally completing his Master Diver qualification! Congratulations Alan!  We all experienced amazing sea life, from moon jelly fish to crabs and from anemones to leopard gobies! A sincere thanks to both Rob and Billy for making diving an exciting sport and for making the trip such a success! 

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Penrith Divers (and friends!) go Bowling

17/4/2013

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Wednesday evening saw a small but enthusiastic crowd of Penrith Divers and their families/friends descend on the unsuspecting public at AMF Bowling in Carlisle.  Despite protests from some members that they had never set foot in a bowling alley before (well aright, maybe 2 or 3 times in their lives!!), some pretty respectable scores were notched up and good fun had by all.  The younger members were, of course, the most prolific with strikes and spares coming in from all directions but even the oldies managed one or two each and nobody failed to get at least one :-).  The change of muscles used led to one or two aches and pains the next day but on the whole, a successful opening night to what will hopefully become a more varied and active social side to the club. 

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Red Sea Wrecks and Reefs

19/2/2013

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"Remember your ticket and passport and don't be late for the bus" were the instructions given at the start of this welcome trip to the sunshine in the middle of winter.  Unfortunately, things didn't quite go to plan as flat tyres and useless locking wheel nuts caused problems right from the start.  However, a heroic rescue drive and a few last minute changes of plans and early morning phone calls/texts soon sorted things out and we were off!
Blue O Two's boat the blue Fin was to be our home for the week and we soon settled into her luxury, becoming well trained like Pavlov's dogs to leap at the sound of the bell and do the next thing (did we just dive? Yes, then it must be time to eat....or sleep....or shop....or dive again?).  The people on board were great, the food was fantastic and plentiful and the dive guides and boat staff were fabulously helpful as always, needing you only to look at something and they were on hand to assist.
Highlights of the week ranged from a beaming smile and the exclamation of "There was just so much orange!", through learning about all the different life forms underwater and spotting new and different creatures, to swimming/diving with wild dolphins and a very friendly turtle.
Sadly, all too soon it was time to spend our last day lazing by the pool at the gorgeous Marriott hotel in Hurghada before heading back to the plane and home again, ready to be greeted by the depressing news that the ground temperature in Manchester was a whopping 0 degrees!
All in all, an absolutely fabulous trip.  Where to next guys?

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More congratulations

5/12/2012

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Congratulations to Euan Sinclair and Stephen Thomson who have both qualified as Sport Divers :-)
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