Archive for May, 2008

GUE / DIR Scotland Day May 11th 2008

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Argyle Caravan Park, Loch Fyne
I managed to get my teenage daughter out her bed around nine am and drag her into the scuba bus (aka my rusty old pug 406 estate that cost about the same as my primary torch!) to go along to see if I could get a chance to get in the […]

After an IDC comes an IE……………

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Part three of my IDC & IE Report.
Part One: IDC AIĀ 
Part Two: IDC OWSI
GO PRO!
What does IE Stand for?
Instructor Exam
Friday May 2nd mid afternoon and we all we climb into the Scuba Med Van & head to Santa Ponsa where the IE is hosted.

Looby & Rina in the van
Dave drives, Clive sits up front, we […]

Mallorca IDC OWSI April-May 2008

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Continuing on from the AI section of the IDC
The OWSI Section of an IDC is delivered by a Course Director, in our case Clive Albon (CD#59733).

 
Clive, Florian & Michelle

Laura and Pika have a flat warming party this is where we all meet Clive as Dave had picked him up straight from the airport, I […]

Mallorca IDC - AI - April 2008

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I decided earlier in the year to try my hand at gaining instuctor certification so decided it was time to once again head back to Mallorca and Can Picafort with Scuba Med Divers
I flew to Palma from Bristol on the 24th of April. Dave picked me up at the airport and we headed straight […]

GUE Fundamentals Vobster Quay 18-21st April 2008

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Fundies as this course is known has been written up and reported on many times now, you can read about it on many websites including yorkshire-divers and direxplorers.
Fundies is well documented and its easy to see what it consists of over at GUE.com

What are the biggest differences between GUE and other diver training […]