Underwater Photography Competition Winner!

I was really touched to find out that one of my guests Jason Starmer had come second in the Newcomber's Section in last month's BSAC Travel Club Photo Competition. I was even more astonished to find out that I had also come second in the same monthly competition, but in the Professional Category. Not only this, but the very same picture of this beautiful pier also won the 'Underwater Photography' Monthly Competition with UnderwaterPhotography.com. And the icing on the cake was that another one of my guests, Dave Hayden's photograph of a beautiful whale shark in the Galapagos was on BSAC's website last month as well. Well done Dave and Jason! As for me, well I'm completely speechless ......

Greenwich Market 8/9 November

What a lovely weekend it was down at Greenwich Market in London, despite the raindrops. It was a real inspiration to see all my friends from the Artists Section down there, Maria, Jimmy, Charlie, John, Claire, Claire, Kim and Michael. And we even had Margaritas - thanks John for those! I'll be down there every Sunday from now until Christmas, so if you are free and in the area, do pop down and say hello - it will be great to see you :)

Dive Show NEC, 1/2 November 2008

Phew, what a fabtastic time we all had!  It was really, really lovely to see lots of lovely guests who had already been on the courses, together with lots of new ones that couldn't wait to sign up!  I just wish that I had more time to spend chatting to everyone - definitely time to clone myself!  I'm really sorry for those who wanted to talk more, and promise for those that did, just let me know and I'll call you right back and help you with your underwater adventures.  Many thanks to Beverley, Janette and Rachel here from Divequest who helped me out on Saturday. Well done on all of you who entered the competition to guess which photo was taken with a compact camera. It was a very tough one and the results will be announced very shortly ......