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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 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 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 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

CDG Newsletter Issue 218 – Jan 2021

Editorial Happy New Year! Thank you all for the contributions to this Newsletter and for John Cordingley for spending many hours to ensure that this edition is as error-free as possible. There are no overseas reports this time, a reflection on the current circumstances we all find ourselves in. However, there are early indications that [...]

2021-02-21T19:55:17+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 217 – Oct 2020

Editorial As the previous Newsletter was being printed we learnt of the death of Fred Davies, a leading figure in cave diving in Somerset and a stalwart member of the Mendip Rescue Organisation. This edition begins with a tribute to Fred and I’d like to thank Martin Grass for writing this. With UK-wide restrictions being [...]

2020-10-30T18:45:02+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 215 – April 2020

Editorial Shortly after the last Newsletter was dispatched to the printers, and prior to its distribution, we learnt of the deaths of Norman Brindle and Simon Halliday. Norman was hugely influential in the early development of cave diving in the Yorkshire Dales. Simon was one of the Northern Section’s most active members and involved in [...]

2020-04-08T08:23:58+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 209 – October 2018

Editorial The successful outcome of the unprecedented international effort to rescue thirteen people from the Tham Luang Non Cave in Thailand is now well known due to the significant worldwide media coverage. Tragically, this success came at the cost of Saman Kunan, former Thai Navy diver, who died during the rescue operation. No further details [...]

2019-01-16T17:24:23+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 208 – July 2018

Editorial Whilst this Newsletter was in preparation a small group of experienced CDG members were assisting Thai authorities in ongoing search and rescue operations at Luang Nang Non. Using the specialist diving skills and equipment refined in the sumps of the UK and elsewhere, they are working alongside Thai rescuers to complement their skills and [...]

2019-01-15T10:43:10+00:00

CDG Newsletter Issue 207 – April 2018

Editorial Whilst currently confined to the house courtesy of the widespread snow from the “Beast from the East” and Storm Emma, it is easy to reflect on the generally wet winter and poor diving conditions that so often blight UK diving activity preceding the April Newsletter. Hopefully as winter turns to spring, more exploratory work [...]

2019-01-15T10:34:42+00:00