Posted on Tue, 16th August 2005 at 18:17 under Travel, Diving, England
After a few weeks chilling out in Scotland I gleefully made the long drive to Norfolk to meet up with Liberta. Liberta being duly met, we buggered off to Leicestershire to dive Stoney Cove. Even though it was bitterly cold and quite murky, diving there was still substantially more fun than a day at the office. Not sure how often I’d be inclined to go back but we can both now say we have dived in the UK.
We’re currently back in Sheffield for a few days to visit friends.
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Rach said: August 17th, 2005 at 15:49
Hi Paul, we heard that a couple of divers died at stoney cove
Replyabout 2 months ago - do you know what happened? I hear that
summer diving in Cornwall is good…Rach
Libertus said: August 17th, 2005 at 22:44
There are fatalities at Stoney Cove every year, so far as I can tell. I don’t have any more information on the two who died recently. If I find anything out I’ll let you know.
We’ve been thinking about where to go in the UK to dive and Cornwall is up there on the list. Short list though
ReplyLiberta said: August 18th, 2005 at 08:42
Info from www.divernet.com
10 diver fatalities so far this year in the UK
2 at Stoney Cove in May, 1 at Capernwray (another inland site) in April
4 on wreck dives off south coast (2 in May, 1 July, 1 Aug)
2 off north east coast (both June)
and 1 I cant find details of.
We dont have any figures for how many successful dives there are, but looks like sea diving (particularly wrecks) is dangerous in UK even in summer months.
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