Little did I know what surprising reactions there would be to my new blogs- Followgrandma.co.uk/diving I sent an email last night with information explaining how to find the blogs, to people I’ve been diving with - they are most definitely interested and encouraging. Then, I added close friends who have cheered me on and want …
Grandkids Follow Grandma
I was a sixty eight year old grandma when I learned to dive. I faced my fears and my mortality. Diving offered the antidote to both the crazy frenetic life I had been living and the seductive option of a future rocking chair. I chose to learn to dive and get a PADI Certificate and …
Recreational and Conservation Diving – getting my Mojo going!
My 'Follow Grandma' blogs have described some of the 'land adventures' I've had over the last few years. Now I'm having new and unexpected adventures 'under the waves' - scuba diving in my seventies. So, it seemed a good idea to set up a separate blog just for diving. I hope you're enjoying it. Recently …
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Looking Ahead. – the Bahamas
Today’s blog is about my excitement as I look forward to my next conservation dive trip in April 2020. I’m going to the Bahamas on a live-aboard sailing schooner, the Juliet. I just read the description of the trip ….. "Diving in the Bahamas is spectacular. There is little current, warm water, an abundance of …
PHEW!
When Cayman Airways failed to put my bag on the plane I had a moment of relief and a morning relaxing by the pool. However, when the diving bag arrived on the next plane, my panic arrived too. It was four years since my last dive and although I'd had a refresher in Florida, the …
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