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Destination UK
If there's a bright side to the current recession, it could be a rediscovery of the joys of our home waters. With more divers likely to choose the UK for their holidays this year, John Liddiard offers some ideas on where to go...
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British Isles Diving Showcase
more...Portland with a cutting edge
A forecast of fine summer weather is like a beckoning hand, calling John Liddiard to spend a week diving the wrecks of Dorset
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ANYTHING but the Kyarra
Not that there is anything wrong with this Dorset wreck, a torpedoed liner from World War One that can be enjoyed again and again. Many divers travel to Swanage at weekends to do just that - but there's more to diving from this town than just the Kyarra and the pier-legs, says John Liddiard
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Between the WINDS
A trip to dive the wrecks of east Sussex is bookended by decidedly dodgy weather - but the calm in the middle brings a bit of a treat, says John Liddiard. But who's the bloke in the tam with the ginger fringe?
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The Plymouth drop-off
I first heard of the Plymouth drop-off as a dive site from members of Plymouth Sound BSAC quite a few years ago. Averaging a couple of miles out from the coast, the seabed takes a sudden step between 30 and 40m, to give a 5-10m wall and boulder slope.
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Cornwall north & south
The county the locals call Kernow is narrow enough for divers to nip across as the weather dictates. John Liddiard enjoys some nice 'n' easy shore-diving on both coasts
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Surfing the slacks in Newquay
There's a newly identified U-boat to dive off north Cornwall and much else besides, so John Liddiard heads for an unexpectedly subdued Newquay
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Big Tracy gets around
That British waters are home to the world's second-biggest sharks is not news, but the basking sharks off our coasts have recently given up a big secret, says Hannah Cleaver
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All aboard all year round
There have been subtle shifts in UK diving patterns in recent years, says Colin Mac Andrias, who has been talking to skippers while compiling a guide to UK charter-boats
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Happy lundy
Past experiences had been spoiled by the weather, but this time John Liddiard was determined to make the most of this western island's easy diving opportunities
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Legs, meet claws! wrangling Scapa wildlife
Why is Miranda Krestovnikoff trying to persuade an octopus to dine on lobster, when all she really wants is to dive the german fleet?
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The Plymouth drop-off
I first heard of the Plymouth drop-off as a dive site from members of Plymouth Sound BSAC quite a few years ago. Averaging a couple of miles out from the coast, the seabed takes a sudden step between 30 and 40m, to give a 5-10m wall and boulder slope.
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Holiday at home: The Islands
The pound low, volcanic dust choking the upper atmosphere, airlines verging on collapse and cabin-crew on strike - yes, we have another summer in which a main diving holiday in the UK seems an attractive option. John Liddiard examines what our homeland islands have to offer more...
Loch, stock and sea pens
Continuing her explorations of Scottish lochs, Jane Wilkinson shore-dives picturesque Loch Duich in the north-western Highlands, renowned for its sea pens and anemones
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Second time lucky at St Davids
Four frustrating wreck-dives off south-west Wales leave John Liddiard wanting to set the record straight - but will things be better for him this time round? such a good idea more...
Raglan to Voices
John Liddiard likes nothing better (armed trawler wrecks excepted) than a new challenge - which is why a dive between two reefs off Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula seemed to be such a good idea
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Waiting for the tide
Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire/John Liddiard
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