The Sea Around Us – Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was a marine biologist, conservationist and writer whose life and work should serve as an inspiration to any independently minded schoolgirl considering a career in the… Continue reading…
Last year August, Tony and I spent a blissful week in Malta, diving ourselves silly in the mornings and napping in the heat of the afternoon. In the evenings, we ate ice cream and participated… Continue reading…
A short, slightly random video clip I took on the ferry that runs from Cirkewwa in Malta to Gozo. We’d taken the ferry to go and dive the Blue Hole and Inland Sea on Gozo,… Continue reading…
Atlas of Oceans – John Farndon I confess that I was not totally enamoured of this book when I started reading it. It seemed overly simplistic, but by the time I finished it I realised… Continue reading…
A Beginner’s Guide to the Ocean – Ogden Nash Let us now consider the ocean. It is always in motion. It is generally understood to be the source of much of our rain, And ten… Continue reading…
Contrary to popular belief, nothing bad will happen to you if you get caught up in a bed or forest of kelp. It may be inconvenient, and slow you down briefly, and you may experience… Continue reading…
The Devil’s Teeth – Susan Casey It’s rare for me to take as complete and instant a dislike to the author of a book as I did in this case (Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray,… Continue reading…
Tony is obsessed – and I mean obsessed – with seahorses, and by all accounts has been hunting for them everywhere he’s ever dived. For this reason he was very keen to dive in Knysna,… Continue reading…
