A belated 'Welcome' to blogging!

A belated welcome to PADI in joining the world of blogging. Since March 2009 PADI have been running a blog to track developments in their DSAT TecRec range of courses. In 2006 Meridian Divers was the first scuba blog in the South East and since then there has been a considerable growth in the media for promoting recreational diving, we are proud to have 'done our bit' to encourage interest and very pleased to see the TecRec blog.

The new range of DSAT TecRec courses becam available on 1st September , take a look at the TecRec blog for more information ...click HERE!

Mind Blogging Colours!

Yes, yes and thrice yes! I have been playing with the blog's colour scheme and am grateful, Sara , for the feedback on what is (and what is not) a good idea! So I have made some more changes but I suspect like all great (!) works of art it may never be truly finished. It's a constant quest for excellence , well, either that or it's 'try that and see if it works!' I don't think my task is yet complete!

Who`s Going Pro?

I have been reliably informed that another MD`er is starting down the going pro route, I would like to say good luck and look forward to working with you.

Meridian Divers Blog ~ Always Pleasing!

Thanks to Susan Pleydell for her comments as attached to the RIDDOR posting (below) . The blog has attracted tremendous support and , perhaps a larger and wider following and readers than even we could ever have imagined. Our blog members are at the highest level they have ever been and the number of diving & dive social opportunities we are creating together is also at an all time high. Well done MDers!

MD Blogging Success

A while ago I realised that this blog passed the FIVE HUNDRED post mark, quite an achievement ! It has made me appreciate just how web logs (blogs) have contributed to the promotion of diving. I'm grateful to Matt C who introduced Meridian Divers to the concept! Our (older) sister blog , the T R Thompson blog has provided the ideal vehicle for the project work and done a great deal to promote local diving interest . I am not aware of any other comparable diving project blog (please let me know if YOU do!).

I have no idea how many emails support the MD blog work but the figure must be getting close to the size of the US Bank Bail-Out figures! I do know that my address book is mainly populated by divers and with over 1200 addresses it would be difficult to send out enough emails to keep everyone up to speed. So thank goodness for blogging as an aid to wider communication. Is it possible for any local diver NOT to have surfed our blog by now? Today I looked back over my old Scuba Updates (emailed newsletters before the blogging revolution) , no wonder I need more memory on this computer, there are 195 of them each several pages long dating back to the start of the new millenium! Not quite Samuel Pepys diaries but an archive of diving history in their own right! See West Sussex you're not the only archivists!

I have my fingers firmly crossed for Meridian Divers in the NAS Adopt-A-Wreck Awards next month. And if we are succesful may be it will be a good time to email all 1200+ and celebrate just how far the Meridian Divers network has come! Keep up the good work!

500th Post!

There is absolutley NO POINT in this post , except to note that this is the 500th post on the Meridian Divers blog (the original and best scuba diving blog as voted by our readers!)

Keep up the good work , the 2009 diary is already filling-up well with good diving opportunities & good company!

Go Diving!

OK , may be a little ironic to post a title like that in the British Summer Time! But following some discussion on blog labels (you can tell the weather's bad already) the blog label "Diving" has been replaced with "Go Diving" . The label "Dive Report" remains! So post about diving opportunities will be "Go Diving" and on the those rare Summer occasions when we actually dive a "Dive Report" can follow ! Now can we all prey to the weather Gods before we descend into the "Nearly Four Metre Down Club"!