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 <title><![CDATA[An obsession hits rock bottom]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[BBC Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Coast presenter MAYA PLASS is a comparatively new recruit to diving, but her enthusiasm for the marine life to be found in British waters may inspire other divers to take a fresh look]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Roaming the rivers]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Armed with suitable permission, a good physique and a 15cm spike, JACK PERKS specialises in diving British rivers. Could you be tempted? ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Gresham opens new chapter at Stoney]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Stoney Cove in Leicestershire is a national treasure for many divers, and its latest attraction is something of a treasure in its own right. GAVIN PARSONS reports ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The wrong wreck ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A chance find revealed a suppressed tragedy but brought comfort to descendants of the crew of a British submarine. STEVE SLATER was on the dives, with RIC WARING, who took the photographs ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[St abbs & Eyemouth - the pretty bits]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Inshore Berwickshire offers a contrast with the serious wreck-diving increasingly centred there – JOHN LIDDIARD rediscovers old haunts, and some new ones too ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Five men in a boat]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[‘This is the worst trip I’ve ever been on,’ sang the Beach Boys in the song Sloop John B. Would JOHN LIDDIARD have a better experience when he joined four others to dive the west of Scotland – out of south Wales? ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Fyne chance! ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Diving early in the season can be a lottery. Much is down to luck, but it pays to pick your dive site wisely. Mark Davies took a chance with an early-season trip to Loch Fyne, and reckons he won the jackpot. Pictures by Brett Thorpe ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Café culture at Chepstow ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[DIVER is touring the UK, talking to regular divers at inland dive centres to find out what makes these sites tick, both above and below the surface. GAVIN PARSONS reports first from the National Diving & Activity Centre <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Liddiard’s top 21 SOS dives ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[SOS? Start Of Season, of course! We asked JOHN LIDDIARD to pick out dives around the UK that are crowd-pleasers for divers at all levels, but less likely than some to raise any alarms ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Poole's Valentine Tanks – the last stand]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Poole Bay is the last resting place for at least seven Valentine tanks. Their presence reflects an intriguing wartime story, while their condition raises all sorts of questions. After 10 years’ research, STUART PHILPOTT believes he has many of the answers]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Pleasure beach – get over the pebbles!]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Where do you go after a Portland boat dive if you haven’t satiated your diving desires? GAVIN PARSONS has the answer – Chesil Cove]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Britain’s Secret Seas - 2]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[In the second part of a personal feature to accompany his current TV series on British diving, PAUL ROSE reveals the background to some of the most memorable episodes – and how the hard-worked film crew decided to get their own back on him! <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Britain’s secret seas]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 08:50 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How hard can it be to get UK diving on television? Challenging, admits Paul Rose, but with his new four-hour BBC series starting this month, he would seem to have cracked it. In an exclusive article for DIVER he explains how – and what happened when the team tackled Britain’s biggest shipwreck, the Torrey Canyon]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Love diving, love Lundy]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 06:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Lundy, off north Devon, was way ahead of the rest of the UK when it comes to marine conservation – 40 years ahead, in fact. Dr Keith Hiscock, who co-ordinated the original consultation, introduces a celebration by divers of the underwater magic that resulted from a long environmental haul]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Beyond the Outer Hebrides ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[St Kilda offers famously fine diving, but its remote, exposed position means that even the smallest weather window must be seized and exploited, says John Liddiard <br/>]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Going without the flow]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Scapa Flow represents for some the pinnacle of UK diving. Less well-known is the high-quality diving on offer around the Orkneys but outside the Flow. <br/>A recent expedition was set up to explore some of the deeper wrecks here - the result of a WW1 game of cat and mouse. Report by team-leader Matt Outram and Chris Simons (who took the pictures) ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Another dive on the wall]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 11:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Ranked by drop (and through a little judicious cheating), John Liddiard presents his countdown to the great dives for those UK divers who just like to hang out. What will be number one?]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Destination UK ]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:47 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[British Isles Diving Showcase]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title><![CDATA[Portland with a cutting edge]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:00 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A forecast of fine summer weather is like a beckoning hand, calling John Liddiard to spend a week diving the wrecks of Dorset ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[ANYTHING but the Kyarra]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Between the WINDS]]></title>
 <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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?]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Plymouth drop-off]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cornwall north & south]]></title>
 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:21 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Surfing the slacks in Newquay]]></title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Deep down Loch Fyne]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Scotland's second-biggest sea loch is a favourite haunt of Mike Clark, but he had never ventured so near its mouth before. Would the promised rich marine life and 'puffer' wrecks live up to his expectations?]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cool Blue LAGOON]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Britain's latest inland diving attraction is the Blue Lagoon - and its gimmick is that it has the sort of viz associated more with tropical holidays than Yorkshire quarries. The water temperature was sadly far from tropical when Mike Ward dropped in ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Clyde by NIGHT]]></title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[It surprised even veteran Clyde diver Mike Clark to be invited to dive a dredger wreck in the river after dark, but there was method in this madness]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Gnomes and gardens]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 06:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Wast Water offers a rugged inland diving opportunity in the Lake District - don't expect amenities, says John Liddiard, but it does hold a few surprises]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[British Summertime]]></title>
 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Easter is approaching – it’s time to start planning your UK summer of diving in earnest. To give you some ideas, John Liddiard rounds up recent diving days full of local colour in five parts of the country, from Cornwall to northern Scotland, west Wales to Kent ]]></description>
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