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CDG Newsletter Issue 230 – January 2024

Editorial Happy New Year and thank you as always to the many contributors who have submitted dive logs and articles to this newsletter. The poor weather in the UK over the past several months or so is reflected in the relatively small number of dive logs from the Autumn period. Fortunately, some managed to escape [...]

2024-01-25T12:46:02+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 229 – October 2023

Editorial Thank you to all of those who have submitted content for this newsletter which is a bit thinner than usual for the October edition. This may reflect the overseas expedition diving which was ongoing when the copy date passed or poorer conditions in the UK over the “summer”. Unfortunately, although CDG Newsletter 228 was [...]

2023-11-28T21:37:44+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 228 – July 2023

Editorial Thank you to all of those who have submitted content for this newsletter and to those of you that voted to retain me as Editor at the recent AGM. The long dry spell (that writing this will of course jinx) has enabled some pushing dives to take place and notable extensions to be made. [...]

2023-09-13T20:30:03+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 227 – April 2023

Editorial Thank you to all those who have submitted dive logs for this newsletter. The April edition is nearly always thinner than the other newsletters due to poor diving conditions in the UK. Fortunately for them (and the Editor), some divers were able to escape the UK to Thailand and their series of exploratory dives, [...]

2023-04-21T07:48:01+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 226 – January 2023

Editorial Happy New Year and thank you as always to the many contributors who have submitted dive logs and articles for this newsletter. Again, there is a good range of reports of underwater exploration under the main caving regions of the UK as well as further afield in Mexico, Portugal and Spain. In addition, a [...]

2023-03-21T19:48:00+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 225 – October 2022

Editorial As this Newsletter was being pulled together news broke of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Few in the CDG will remember a time before she came to the throne. Some members will have met the late Monarch through Group and BCRC involvement, others through their past or current professional lives. Thank [...]

2022-10-28T08:55:49+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 224 – July 2022

Editorial The Group's most recent AGM took place at Ingleton in April in Ingleton. Thanks are due to the Northern Section for hosting this efficient event, which at only 70 minutes long may have set some sort of record. By now all members should have received a copy of the AGM Minutes from a their [...]

2022-07-26T13:20:21+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 223 – April 2022

Editorial As I write, the Northern Section is finalising the last few details for what hopefully will be the first April Annual General Meeting since 2019. For those making the trip to Ingleton and also looking to dive in the traditionally clear waters of the northern phreas, please be aware that the Northern Section compressor [...]

2022-04-23T08:26:19+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 222 – January 2022

Editorial Happy New Year and thank you as always to the many contributors who have submitted dive logs and articles. John Cordingley's proof-reading task has been made somewhat harder for this Newsletter due to my contracting Covid whilst pulling it all together. Most will now be aware that George Linnane our Distribution Officer was the [...]

2022-02-04T21:24:02+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 221 – October 2021

Editorial This newsletter begins with a a tribute to Rob Dalby, a former Northern Section Secretary who tragically drowned whilst diving off the Isles of Scilly. In the UK Rob undertook a number of exploratory projects notably under Malham Cove and Chapel-le-Dale alongside other divers including James "Jamie" Alderson who has written the tribute that [...]

2021-11-18T20:55:35+00:00