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I had my bag searched at Gatwick because the sniffer in X-ray machine picked up a smell it didn't like. Has happened to one of my wife's bags as well.

US security can be a bit of a joke. On a...

Wouldn't want to swim into a live one if thus size!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61984591

Bloody NHS admin! Turned up for an appointment for a biopsy, reported to the recption where I was told to go on the letter only to be told that there was no appointment for me on the system so p**s...

I've eaten at that restaurant in the past. It's down a bit deep even for the tekkies though.

I use a Pyrex bowl for doing neck seals.

Unfortunately, the glue i used to use, Dunlop S1620 (I think) is no longer available, This was a thermosetting glue. Apply first like a normal contact...

Just had a great week on the Emperor Elite although the weather hasn't been very kind - blowing howling gales all week so we weren't able to do the intended itinerary. In particular, we missed out on...

Diverse really pulled all the stops out to sort out our flights. Holly at Diverse said that as soon as they heard the news, there would be a bun fight for alternative flights. She said flights were...

I might try that number and see if I can get a reasonable human being! I don't do Facebook though.

Success I thought - Customer Service phone answered this time, not just the recorded message. Unfortunately the line kept dropping part way through the conversation but on the third attempt I...

Tried that, message on the customer service number I found says we are very busy - please use our contact form! It's also a baggage query, not immigration. Our trip from Zurich to Hurghada is with...

Bloody organisations that don't allow you to phone them! I'm trying to get an answer from Swiss airlines about baggage. They do not have a phone number anywhere. Their 'Service Centre' is only...

I've always found AP to be very reasonable like that.

Helena from Diverse said that it is reported on Facebook (they have recieved no official notification) that Easyjet have cancelled all flights to Hurghada for the next two months. If so, they are...

How perceptive of him!:grin:

A group of us are travelling out to the Red Sea to join Emperor Elite on Thursday. On Saturday, we heard that Easyjet had cancelled our flights!

The booking was made via Diverse and they have...

Our optician offers that as well. My wife has a problem with her retina and it does enable the optician to track it and see if there are changes so does offer value for £10, which seems to be the...

Another article says 600M so you might need twin 15's as well as a pony!

Treasure wrecks found off Columbia coast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-61722200

At least a step forward towards the end of the scourge of scallop dredging.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-61710988

We're doing the Brothers/Salem Express and Elphinstone.

What's the going rate for tipping on Red Sea liveaboards these days?

We are off on a Red Sea liveaboard in a couple of weeks. Never been out there in June before so wondered what the water temperature is likely to be and what thickness of suit is recommended.

On the BBCwebsite
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61644215

I would definitely not have liked to meet of of those underwater!

Matt, the Telegraph cartoonist produced a gem in his weekly newsletter. His unseen cartoon of the week which wasn't published in the paper had the strapline

'I owe Downing Street staff an apology,...

Our club has just featured on ITV Anglia News, carrying out the annual River Clearance in Bedford. Gave a couple of our divers the first experience of low viz - or should I say ZERO viz diving, I...

No idea of the source of the views but I enjoyed the video. Made me feel hungry - loads of scallops and scampi!

I love watching scallops swimming - they look like flying false teeth. Most...