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Meet Adrian Kelland
I started diving in the Autumn of 1987 with North West Kent branch of the BSAC. I had always wanted to do scuba diving, but never got around to it. I happened to mention this at another group I belonged to when one of the members said his son was a diver. It was all downhill from there.In the 10 years I was in North Kent, I reached Dive Leader grade and started training for Advanced Diver. Along the way I did the Boat Handling course and gained a VHF radio licence. Early training dives took place at a local lake, my first sea dive being at Birling Gap, near Beachy Head. We mainly dived from hardboats as we did not have our own boat. Mostly weekend trips, but also weeks away in Devon and Cornwall, as well as club trips abroad. Malta and Lanzarote come to mind. When we did get our own boat, our choices of dive site increased, and we did more diving. 
I moved to Devon in spring 1998, joining Exeter BSAC soon after. Within my new branch I have completed several Skill Development Courses as well as Advanced Diver. I now play an active part within the club as Treasurer, a role I also had in my previous club. With cylinder filling, Nitrox blending, bar duties, web site and a bit of training (Theory Instructor) and diving, I find I have little spare time! I have also had diving holidays in Gozo, Coron (The Philippines) and the Red Sea with branch members, and northern Norway with contacts made through the internet.My favourite dive sites are wreck based, for both the history and the oases they are for sea life. Most are around the 35m mark, and within 10 miles of land, just right for RIB based diving. I also enjoy longer runs to such sites as the Eddystone and Hand Deeps, where visibility can be very good. Photos courtesy Kyrre Ingrbrethsen. |
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