Apeks Marine Equipment Ltd was set up over 3 decades ago with one major initiative: to produce the best diving equipment in the world. The company was founded by Ken Ainscough – a keen diver and engineer. Thanks to his expert knowledge and understanding of the sport he realised dive equipment had major room […]

  The word “trim” will now only ever mean one thing to me. For anyone who has completed the Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) Fundamentals course you will know what I mean. For anyone that hasn’t…. it can best be described as a neutrally buoyant skydiver jump stance and god forbid should you not be demonstrating […]

  My quest to discover the treasures of UK diving continued during the first week of July. I took a trip to the far north of Scotland to dive Scapa Flow in Orkney – a wreck divers haven and considered one of, if not the, best dive site in the UK. As a Scot I […]

  The UK boasts some world-class dive spots, and yet before the start of my scholarship year I hadn’t explored even a fraction of these. The maximum water temperature in the UK is 19°C, the minimum is 4°C. Not warm! Nevertheless, I have taken it upon myself to start my scholarship year close to home… […]

This will sadly be my last post on this blog. My Scholarship year is over, and the next Scholar is ready to start her year. As a last courtesy to all my readers, I want to post my final project – the Scholar movie. It is a summary of my year as a Scholar and […]