http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com Just another Thedeepstop.com weblog Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:32:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Norway from Bergen on Gaelic Rose For me, like many others, a trip to spend a week wreck diving in the cool clear water of the Norwegian Fjords has been high on my list of ‘must go’ locations for a number of years.  When some friends proposed a trip at the ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2007/06/11/norway-from-bergen-on-gaelic-rose/ Three weeks ago captain sulky came out to play.  I was gutted when at our dive planning meeting for this seasons midweek evening dives the club decided to cancel a planned trip to Cornwall (Porthkerris).  I was gutted as I had passed up a couple of other offers on trips ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2007/04/05/virgin-territory-a-club-trip-to-sark/ This weekend I struck lucky.  I got to try out the new rebreather monitor and heads up display from Delta P, makers of the VR3 dive computer and Ourobouros closed curcuit rebreather.  I believe I am the first diver in the world to dive the latest upgrade on this prototype unit ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2007/02/04/delta-p-universal-rebreather-monitor-a-thing-of-beauty/ During the past couple of years I have been gradually extending my diving depths, completing IANTD Normoxic Trimix and full trimix courses.  As someone who researches things thoroughly and is confident with his skill set I had taken these courses pretty much in my stride. I had done a lot of ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2007/01/28/inspiration-mod-1-the-worlds-longest-rebreather-course/ It’s Tuesday morning and as I ride my motorcycle to work I can’t help but smile.  The sun is shining, there is a very gentle Southwesterly breeze and though it’s been stressful at work recently I know that in a few short hours I’ll be able to off load my ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2006/05/07/ss-kyarra-tuesday-18th-april-2006/ It's unusual for me, but with the 5 day forecast for Dorset being pretty crappy I decided to do the fatherly/husbandly thing and bin diving over Easter Weekend and to take the family for a weekend in London instead! What in Gods name was I thinking? Firstly the populations of Australia and ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2006/04/17/london-what-a-bloody-rip-off/ Well, it took a while, but the club diving season finally got off the ground tonight. To be honest when I checked out the forcast this lunchtime I would have bet good money that tonights dive would be binned.  In the event we decided to meet at the boat and see ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2006/04/07/i-do-like-to-be-beside-the-sea/ God, Is it just me or What? Test reports on dive reels. Cornish dive sites, 5 GB sites to get your teeth into. A red sea special! Untouched red sea. Big fish in big numbers, Big blue shark special Computors on test God it's all such repetitive bullshit.  I'm so sick of reading the same old ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2006/03/31/diving-magazines-meaningless-drivel/ This time last year it was Easter.  We all went off diving and when we came home we made noises through our teeth about the number of incidents that happened over the weekend.  Helicopters scrambled, Chambers full of divers, fast ascents and unfortunately Easter weekend lead to the first of ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2006/03/30/just-two-weeks-to-bendy-time-are-you-scuba-wise/   Well I've heard a lot about Thedeepstop.com.  and as I'm sat at home with my weekends diving blown out I thought I would check it.  I bore everyone at home silly telling them about my diving, so I thought maybe I should try it with people who might actually be interested.   As ... http://onthetrain.thedeepstop.com/2006/03/26/hello-world/