A cold place that I think we only ever go to for training.
On Saturday, 4 Ocean Diver trainees and 2 instructors headed over to Cromhall (as it is now reopen, under new management) for a day finishing their OD qualifications. Although the vis was not great, many of the underwater attractions had not been put in yet, and a horrible thermocline at Read more…
Last Saturday UBUC teamed up with CSAC for a day of practical rescue management for some of our Dive Leader trainees. We headed over to a surprisingly warm Cromhall Quarry (a nice change seeing as some of us have only seen it in the snow) to practice what to do Read more…
15 hardy UBUC’ers descended on Cromhall for a day of training. And wow, was it cold! We were being hit by Easterlies this weekend meaning a bitterly cold day (it started at 2 degrees and hit minus figures later on). Even better, there was light snow for most of the Read more…
On Saturday last week a few of the dive leader trainees went down to Cromhall with instructors to complete the practical rescue management. With a water temperature of just 4 celsius the time spent in the water was minimal. (All photo credit to Henry Semenenko)
Just a quick dip in Cromhall to do the skills review and rescue lessons for Dive Leader. Simon and myself were diving, with an instructor from Severnside (Stu) teaching.
A quarry, very close to Bristol. The nearest place you could go diving, and also the cheapest of the quarries near Bristol. The diving itself though is poor. Only used for training.