…Alex Gibson @diveduppubs Will Appleyard @willappleyard DIVER @diver_magazine After selling the joys of UK diving to any doubters out there – now, with UK diving the only practical possibility for…
…adventure, without a guide and on you and your buddy’s own terms. Find them on Instagram: Dan Bolt @danboltphoto Fraser Cameron @fraserhcameron Will Appleyard @willappleyard DIVER @diver_magazine While locked down…
archive – Northern EuropeThree cold cracks WILL APPLEYARD sets off for Iceland with best intentions of not majoring on the famous Silfra Fissure, but the weather has other ideas… SCUBA-DIVING HAS…
BALTIC DIVER In the second and final part of his three-country exploration of the Baltic Sea and its uncanny powers of wreck preservation, WILL APPLEYARD continues his diving in Finland…
UK WRECK DIVER Unique ‘floating tanks’, relics of World War Two, can be dived from Swanage, says WILL APPLEYARD. Ideal for an early-season UK warm-up dive in this case –…
CROATIA DIVER Dry-ish Run WILL APPLEYARD and his partner Ana undertake a Croatian diving road-trip, though for long periods it looks set to be no more than a Croatian road-trip!…
BALTIC DIVER In the first of a two-part wreck exploration of the Baltic Sea, with its uncanny powers of preservation, WILL APPLEYARD visits Sweden and Finland “The water conditions will…
SPAIN DIVER Whirlwind Impressions Every trip to Spanish Mediterranean locations leaves WILL APPLEYARD that bit more impressed with the diving potential, especially for mini-breaks from the UK. So how will…
archive – Cave DivingTUSCAN Underworld Running low on ideas for diving trips thinly disguised as ‘holidays’ with your non-diving partner? WILL APPLEYARD reckons he has discovered just the trip for both…
archive – WrecksTHE VALENTINE TANKS Unique ‘floating tanks’, relics of World War Two, can be dived from Swanage, says WILL APPLEYARD. Ideal for an early-season UK warm-up dive in this case…
ESTONIA DIVER If you enjoyed Will Appleyard’s recent Frozen In Time features about diving Baltic wrecks, here’s a coda to those adventures, as he takes time out to explore the…
…from site to site. WILL APPLEYARD boards the ferry once again… Snakelocks anemones. I TIPPED MY CAP TO GUERNSEY while we waited for both the foot and car passengers to…
CARIBBEAN DIVER WILL APPLEYARD is fortunate to catch one of nature’s great spectacles on his first trip to the Caribbean. WADING INTO THE INKY blackness of the Caribbean Sea by…
archive – UK Dive SitesChesil by Night (With JD) It’s November, and there are rumours of exciting underwater activity at Chesil Cove in Dorset. WILL APPLEYARD decides to make an exception…
MEXICO DIVER On The Road In Yucatan Twelve days in Mexico around Christmas – perfect for some iconic caverns with Mayan relics, bull sharks and classic reefs, reasoned will appleyard….
Will Appleyard might have been overdoing the salt water, if that’s possible, so with winter approaching he took time out to tour four of the UK’s best-known inland sites I’VE…
archive – AtlanticPutting the fun into Funchal WILL APPLEYARD has three days’ diving to decide what he makes of Madeira – but is he old enough to make the most of…
…WILL APPLEYARD Arrival and First Impressions THE ONLY RESEARCH I DID before heading to Gran Canaria was to look briefly at the Blue Explorers dive-centre website – a two-in-one site,…
UK DIVER Five days’ boat-diving out of Plymouth, 10 dives and WILL APPLEYARD, looking to record his five highlights, finds himself spoilt for choice THE BEST OF THE SOUTH-WEST itinerary…
SPAIN DIVER VIAJE The Spanish Road Trip Three weeks touring southern Spain in a mobile home, with a set of varied dives in prospect – let’s go, says WILL APPLEYARD,…
…APPLEYARD I’M NOT SURE MANY of us ever consider a scallop’s origin as its white and orange meat sits, neatly presented on its open shell over crushed ice, at the…
…TekDeck coordinator Mark Powell, PhotoZone speaker Will Appleyard, and Jack Perks. Some star names have already confirmed their plans to give presentations at the UK’s biggest annual event for scuba…
PHOTO DIVER Shoot-out In Anilao What is it like to have more than 300 muck-divers bothering the critters for several days during a prestigious underwater photographic competition? WILL APPLEYARD tags…
…UK diver beauty spot is under threat â WILL APPLEYARD discovers what’s at stake ASK ANY AVID UK DIVERS about their favourite UK dive destination and I’ll bet you my…
…it’s capable of converting a good few warmwater divers into giving it a go. Will Appleyard Hedgehog Marketing britishshoredives.co.uk Softback, 128pp, 15 x 21cm, £14.95 Appeared in DIVER December 2017…
…like WILL APPLEYARD Chesil Cove one fine June weekend. Inset: Post-dive satisfaction. CHESIL IN DORSET is a beach of contrasts, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It takes the brunt of…
…and I’m certain it’s capable of converting a good few warmwater divers into giving it a go. Hedgehog Marketing britishshoredives.co.uk Softback, 128pp, 15 x 21cm, £14.95 Review by Will Appleyard…
…WILL APPLEYARD set his sights on the region centred on Valencia HAVE YOU HEARD OF Benidorm Island? I hadn’t I until I saw it appear as one of four destinations…
…but WILL APPLEYARD set his sights on the region centred on Valencia Lush coral growth on the jetty legs. Appeared in DIVER January 2018 HAVE YOU HEARD OF Benidorm Island?…
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