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31st January
An evening visit to Bournemouth (well, Boscombe), to see The Streets perform at the 02.
26th – 27th January
Working sporadically on my “Go Diving” presentation.
19th – 20th January
Working sporadically on my “Go Diving” presentation.
15th January
Scuba Diver Magazine publish two of Jeremy’s features – the Socorro Islands and Bouley Bay (Jersey).
13th January
A blustery walk up the Caen Hill Locks on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes. Late afternoon doing a bit of image sorting.
12th January
Completing an Aggressor Fleet feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
11th – 12th January
An early New Year visit to London to catch versatile drummer Jeremy Stacey’s Steely Dan Big Band Project, the Royal Scammers.
1st – 2nd January
New Year in Singapore, en route back from diving the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi. A great firework display but we were glad when it was over, knackered from our diving.
18th December – 2nd January 2019
A long awaited return visit to the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, staying at the Kunkungan Bay Resort. Very enjoyable “muck diving” and some “bucket list” sightings including Blue Ringed Octopus and the Bobbitt Worm. Plenty of macro photography opportunities. We topped and tailed with stopovers in Singapore, including New Year’s Eve on the return… Continue reading 18th December – 2nd January 2019
7th – 9th December
A visit to Munich in Germany, for a surprise birthday visit for a friend
24th – 25th
Again in London, this time to see Mike Stern perform with his band at Ronnie Scott’s.
21st – 22nd November
An overnighter in London to see Jazzmeia Horn perform at Ronnie Scott’s.
20th November
A solo visit to Bristol, to see harpist Mary Lattimore perform at Rough Trade.
19th November
A London visit with Amanda to see Gary Numan perform at the Albert Hall.
18th November
A visit to London to see Bill Frisell perform at the Cadogan Hall near Sloane Square, as part of the London Jazz Festival.
15th November
An evening in Bristol, to see Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita perform at St.Georges.
13th November
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, north Bristol.
3rd – 4th November
A night in London, to see King Crimson perform at the Palladium
15th October
Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s feature on diving Bournemouth Pier.
14th – 15th October
A trip to the South Downs with Amanda, to see Toyah play at Trading Boundaries.
13th – 14th October
Catching up on some writing at home.
9th October
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, north Bristol.
2nd October
Working with Darren at Impact Design on our new “Diving Dreams 2019” calendar.
29th September
Compiling our next “Diving Dreams” calendar.
25th September
Working on the Jersey Bouley Bay feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
23rd September
An evening visit to Bristol to see Jose Gonzalez & String Theory – excellent show
15th September
Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part Four”.
14th – 16th September
A biking weekend, taking in the Essex Coast, with a bit of Suffolk as well. Great weather all weekend; the first night was at Thurrock, and the second night just outside Aldeburgh. Not a flowing ride, but enjoyable – taking in many new places. On the ride back west, I took in Lavenham and some… Continue reading 14th – 16th September
12th September
An overnighter in London with Amanda, to see jazz guitarist Wayne Krantz perform at Ronnie Scott’s.
7th – 9th September
A visit to Penzance for one of Charles Hood’s Blue Shark trips. Sadly, the weather meant we didn’t go out.
1st – 2nd September
Writing and image sorting for my Ustica and Bouley Bay features for Scuba Diver Magazine.
24th – 27th August
A Bank Holiday trip to the Lake District, based at Wasdale Head. On the 25th, Jeremy and Zac would “do” Scafell Pike. It was the only nice day of weather that weekend.
17th – 20th August
A trip over to Jersey to dive Bouley Bay with locally based friend and underwater photographer Kirk Truscott.
15th August
Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part Three”.
29th July – 11th August
A long awaited trip to the Sicilian island of Ustica, via Palermo. Fabulous weather and a great experience in Ustica, with some of the best diving in the Mediterranean. Really enjoyed diving with the Blue Diving Ustica team – really friendly and welcoming. After Ustica, an overnight at the popular Mondello Beach, with a great… Continue reading 29th July – 11th August
19th July
Scuba Diver Magazine uses a Blue Shark image supplied by Jeremy to illustrate a story on a Blue Shark sighting at St.Ives in Cornwall.
15th July
Scuba Diver Magazine (Asia Pacific edition) publishes Jeremy’s Great Barrier Reef overview. Jeremy is also honoured to get the coveted “Cover Shot”.
15th July
Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part Two”.
9th – 16th July
A long imagined “circuit of Ireland” motorcycle tour, starting and finishing in Rosslare. Prior to catching the ferry across from Fishguard in West Wales, I “completed” what I called the “Bristol Channel Coast” – the remaining section I hadn’t had time to do back in June – from The Mumbles to Fishguard. The circuit of… Continue reading 9th – 16th July
6th – 8th July
Our annual pilgrimage to the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit.
1st July
Writing and image sorting for my Bournemouth Pier feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
29th – 30th June
A night in Northampton before Zac’s BSKC Karting final.
22nd – 23rd June
A visit to Bournemouth to dive Bournemouth Pier. It turned out to a great couple of dives and the subject of a future feature for Scuba Diver Magazine – for the “Above 18 Metres” series.
19th June
A London visit, to see David Byrne perform at the Hammersmith Apollo – excellent gig.
15th – 17th June
A (rather ambitious) weekend to “ride the Bristol Channel coast” from The Mumbles to Land’s End. On the 15th, it was a ride up to The Mumbles, near Swansea from where the ride would commence on the following morning. The aim of the day was to ride from the Mumbles to Clovelly in Devon taking… Continue reading 15th – 17th June
15th June
Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s features on Swanage Pier, the Great Barrier Reef and “A Boy’s Diving Story – Part 1”.
12th June
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) in Bristol, this time on two wheels.
2nd – 3rd June
Writing and image sorting for my Kimmeridge feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
26th May – 1st June
An overnighter in London, getting in a Ronnie Scott’s visit to see Nicola Conte and his band (enjoyed it). On the evening of the 27th, we would head to Euston station to board the “Caledonian” sleeper train to Fort William in Scotland (great journey, fantastic to wake up to the scenery of the western highlands).… Continue reading 26th May – 1st June
18th – 19th May
An overnighter and a day’s diving at the secluded Kimmeridge Bay (a marine reserve area) with dive buddy Micah Newman. The conditions were favourable and calm. It would be the subject of a future Scuba Diver Magazine feature for the “Above 18 Metres” series.
12th – 13th May
Writing and image sorting for my Swanage feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
8th May
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, North Bristol.
4th – 6th May
A diving weekend in Swanage. Excellent conditions under the pier and the subject of an upcoming “Above 18 Metres” feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
26th – 29th April
20th – 22nd April
A weekend in Bristol, with two shows in the avant garde realm. The first show, on the Friday was Evan Parker’s “Trance Map”, and on Saturday it was Moritz Von Oswald’s “avant-electronica” supported by Eric Cheneaux.
15th April
Scuba Diver Magazine (both the UK and Asia Pacific editions) publishes Jeremy’s feature on Bali – from Tulamben and Nusa Penida.
14th – 15th April
A stint of feature writing at home.
9th – 10th April
A rare chance to catch James Blood Ulmer at Ronnie Scotts – mixtures of free jazz and blues among other influences. I went on two wheels – again in wet conditions. Route was Salisbury Plain, across the Pewsey Downs to Marlborough, then Hungerford and the M4 into London. Home route was the most direct –… Continue reading 9th – 10th April
29th March – 2nd April
– Setting off for an Easter weekend in York. Amanda and Zac would travel up on the train, and I’d go a day early on the motorcycle. Had a long, somewhat dangerous ride in poor, wet conditions to reach Ely (with much relief). My route was along the northern fringe of Salisbury Plain, Berkshire and… Continue reading 29th March – 2nd April
28th March
A night out in Bristol, to see Calexico (great show).
26th – 27th March
Another London visit, this time to see Steve Gadd (legendary jazz drummer) perform with his band at Ronnie Scotts. This time, I was with an old friend Mark Hewitt, who grew up in the same Wiltshire village as me (Corsley). The biking route was via Alton (to Bahnstormer) to sort out a worrying problem with… Continue reading 26th – 27th March
16th – 19th March
A long week of gigs. Friday in Bristol with Amanda seeing Arun Ghosh as part of the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival (very uplifting gig full of positive energy). On the Saturday, it was off on the bike in sub-zero temperatures and some snow across the South Downs to stay in Uckfield – the gig… Continue reading 16th – 19th March
13th – 14th March
A train trip and overnighter in Durham. The reason was to attend court for a speeding offence picked up the previous September whilst on my motorcycle explorations of the North East. I received a hefty fine, but avoided a ban. The upside was the train journey’s and the stay in Durham.
10th March
A Nikon “1 to 1” course in central London with Neil Freeman.
24th – 25th February
An overnighter in Birmingham to take our son Zac to see one of his favourite bands (at that time!), Imagine Dragons.
13th February
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, North Bristol.
7th – 8th February
Another overnighter in London, this time to see the excellent Graviton led by Andrew McCormack at Ronnie Scotts. A good chance also to catch up with old friend, Steve Larder who I’d not seen in a while. Motorcycling route was A303/M3, then a slightly different route from there via Hampton, Kingston, Richmond, Hammersmith, Thames Bank,… Continue reading 7th – 8th February
1st – 2nd February
An overnighter in London, to see the experimental Norwegian jazz trumpeter and his band at Ronnie Scotts.
29th – 30th January
A convoluted ride into London, via Salisbury Plain, Salisbury, Stockbridge and Winchester. Then a stint on the A272 to Petersfield, then Bordon, Farnham, Guildford and into London past Chelsea, the former Battersea Power Station and Wandsworth, Millbank, Westminster and Covent Garden. Evening spent at Ronnie Scotts seeing jazz guitarist Larry Carlton with underwater photographer friend… Continue reading 29th – 30th January
27th – 28th January
A second consecutive weekend at Globe Cottage in Weymouth on the motorcycle. This time, I went via Bahnstormer in Alton for a bit of work on the machine, then headed off via Selborne, Liss, Petersfield, South Harting, Havant, along the A27/M27 to the New Forest taking in Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst, Lymington and then Bournemouth, Sandbanks, Studland,… Continue reading 27th – 28th January
15th January
Scuba Diver Magazine publishes Jeremy’s feature on diving Studland Bay. Also, Amanda’s image of a blenny is used on the Grenada supplement.
12th – 14th January
A weekend at Globe Cottage in Weymouth on the motorcycle. A chance to catch up on various items, read, plan trips, write a bit of web content and so on. Took a different route home up the Piddle valley – Piddlehinton, Piddletrentide (great English names), Sturminster Newton and the back road to Shaftesbury.
12th – 14th January
A weekend at Globe Cottage in Weymouth. A chance to catch up on various items, read, plan trips, write a bit of web content and so on. Took a different route home up the Piddle valley – Piddlehinton, Piddletrentide (great English names), Sturminster Newton and the back road to Shaftesbury.
9th January
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group (BUPG) at Patchway, North Bristol.
1st – 2nd January
A happy New Year and return from our Christmas trip to Bandos in the Maldives.
21st December – 2nd January 2018
A return to our beloved Bandos in the Maldives. Though suffering with the “fringes of colds”, we still managed to get plenty of dives done, with the highlight being a Guitar Shark on a “dusk dive” at the Stingray City site.
12th December
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.
8th December
Jeremy’s Blue Sharks feature appears in Scuba Diver Magazine. Amanda’s Blenny image from Grenada also makes another appearance. Also, our 2018 Diving Dreams Calendar is given coverage.
6th December
The British Society Of Underwater Photographers (BSOUP) publish details of our 2018 Diving Dreams Calendar.
6th December
Compiling & sending images to the Nautilus Project, based in Gibraltar.
3rd – 4th December
Completing the Bali feature for Scuba Diver magazine.
24th – 26th November
A motorcycle ride to north Devon for a friend’s birthday. The route took in Bruton, Castle Cary, Somerton, Langport, Taunton, Milverton, Wiveliscombe, Bampton, Brendon Hills/Wheddon Cross, Dunster, Minehead, Porlock, Lynton/Lynmouth, Combe Martin, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Lynton/Lynmouth, Exford, Wheddon Cross, Taunton, Othery, Street, Somerton, Castle Cary, Bruton, Zeals and Mere.
24th November
new Diving Dreams 2018 Calendars arrive from the printers.
17th – 18th November
An overnighter in London.
14th November
Scuba Diver Magazine features our Diving Dreams 2018 Calendar on their website.
14th November
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.
13th – 19th November
Sporadic bouts of feature writing.
13th November
Jeremy’s Turks & Caicos feature appears in Scuba Diver Magazine. Amanda’s Blenny image from Grenada also appears.
11th – 12th November
Feature writing for Scuba Diver – Studland Bay & Bali.
10th – 11th November
An overnight stay in London.
4th – 5th November
A whistlestop trip to stay a night in Birmingham.
1st – 2nd November
Feature writing and collating – Studland Bay & Bali.
29th October
A mixed day of organising, writing, sorting and shopping. The writing included web content, calendar captions and features. The shopping included purchasing a new long lens, predominantly to get into some wildlife photography.
17th – 24th October
A visit to the American Formula 1 Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Flying into Houston and transferring to Austin by road, we had a couple of days to see a bit of Austin including the lively 6th Street, the “So Co” area, the Capitol Building, the Blanton Museum of Art, the Bullock Texas State History… Continue reading 17th – 24th October
16th October
One of Amanda’s images is used in a Scuba Diver Magazine Grenada advertisement.
15th October
A visit to Langford Lakes, a nature reserve operated by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
13th – 14th October
A flying visit to London, staying in the Covent Garden area, with an evening visit to Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club.
10th October
A visit to the Bristol Underwater Photography Group in Bristol.
7th – 8th October
Some magazine writing, mainly completing the Blue Sharks feature for Scuba Diver Magazine.
