Peterborough Sub Aqua Club

Today we were VIP guests of the marketing team of Peterborough Council joined by others from Peterborough Limited / Vivacity and Friends of the Lido. We were thanked for our contribution to the Lido’s ongoing success and the Big Birthday… we had a walk around to exhibition photos with the Mayor, Mayoress other dignitaries and guests who have helped bring the celebrations together…. and a piece birthday cake. Thanks to Tony, Paul, Claire, Sean, Hollie and Linda Parker ( my carer) for joining me at the event.

Great PR for the club and recognition of all our hard work in maintaining the pool.

After a great training session in Gildenburg Water with 4 other club members I dropped into the Lido for the midnight swim celebration … brilliant scene with pumping party music and over 200+ guests booked. The pool was full and bubbling ! An almost full Moon shone which added to the ambience. I opened up the clubhouse and we had over 50 people come in and asked lots of questions about the club. Claire MacQuillin Paul Reed Daniel Fortuna Hollie-Ann Freeman Sean Smith

Sunshine on the birthday gals special weekend to come - 1.5hr final deep clean ( SCUBA and hand brushes) to get her bottom as clean as possible and ready for the midnight swim/ weekend celebrations!

As part of the Peterborough Lido birthday celebrations we will open up the club room for a photo display and a small collection of dive memorabilia ( other stuff in the Peterborough Museum). The staff will open up the Clubroom over Saturday/ Sunday. Thanks to Tony Baskeyfield of Plus Two Design for his amazing photo boards showing Peterborough Sub Aqua Club’s underwater activities in the Lido.

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Peterborough Museum hosted a VIP event in the Community Gallery (1st floor) yesterday evening. Tony Baskeyfield and myself attended as club representatives.

The displays created by the Museum, Peterborough City Council, Friends of the Lido, private donors and Peterborough Sub Aqua Club are superb and very much worth a visit.

The exhibition is free, as is access to our wonderful Museum ( please pop a £5 or more in the pot to keep it going !). Also use the Lido as it is an incredible asset to the City and our club.

Worth reading. Poor planning by the dive Marshall. All drifts along this Purbeck Cliffs should be away from the Poole Harbour entrance as Bryan always does. S**t planning but great control by the Ferry captain and pilot.

Lessons learned - near miss with cross-Channel ferry This is a timely reminder to all dive managers and Cox'ns to carefully plan their diving to plan the location carefully, taking note of any local navigation restrictions and be aware that large but fast moving surface craft can be significantly constrained by their draft

Pool is ready for day 1 of 2026 .. in for an early morning dive to clear the least of the leaves