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I've dived with Ted Brindley 2 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
419	19 Jul 1990	Soay, East of Am Plaistir	North side of Soay	St Kilda	Scotland			50	30	40	Iain Hosking, Ted Brindley		'Just a reef off Soay' according to John's initial description. He then mentioned an archway. It turned out to be a vertiginous descent through clear, blue water to a pebbly bottom at 50m. Ahead was the archway, with a little pile of bones in the middle. At the back of the arch were three exits - we chose the right one - tall and narrow - and then re-entered the arch through the left one. Back through the arch we followed the boulder slope to 14m. Some of the boulders were at least garage-sized, with swim-throughs. Shoal of pollack and a very shy seal topped off the dive. (Weather - overcast, blowy, occasional drizzle, but didn't matter.)
420	19 Jul 1990	The Sawcut	Dún	St Kilda	Scotland			36	30	30	Iain Hosking, Ted Brindley		The mist drew in so far we couldn't see Village Bay, nor most of Dún. Dropped in next to the Sawcut and proceeded inwards in a westerly direction m'lud. The Sawcut was about 4 feet wide and 100 feet deep. Visibility must have been 100 feet. We sat at the far end of the cut watching the other divers below us, and their bubbles rising all the way to the surface 25m above. Eventually we drifted out and to the left, but baulked at swimming into the tunnel against the current. Instead, somersaults etc were the order of the day.

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419

19 Jul 1990

Soay, East of Am Plaistir

North side of Soay

St Kilda

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Ted Brindley

'Just a reef off Soay' according to John's initial description. He then mentioned an archway. It turned out to be a vertiginous descent through clear, blue water to a pebbly bottom at 50m. Ahead was the archway, with a little pile of bones in the middle. At the back of the arch were three exits - we chose the right one - tall and narrow - and then re-entered the arch through the left one. Back through the arch we followed the boulder slope to 14m. Some of the boulders were at least garage-sized, with swim-throughs. Shoal of pollack and a very shy seal topped off the dive. (Weather - overcast, blowy, occasional drizzle, but didn't matter.)

420

19 Jul 1990

The Sawcut

Dún

St Kilda

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Ted Brindley

The mist drew in so far we couldn't see Village Bay, nor most of Dún. Dropped in next to the Sawcut and proceeded inwards in a westerly direction m'lud. The Sawcut was about 4 feet wide and 100 feet deep. Visibility must have been 100 feet. We sat at the far end of the cut watching the other divers below us, and their bubbles rising all the way to the surface 25m above. Eventually we drifted out and to the left, but baulked at swimming into the tunnel against the current. Instead, somersaults etc were the order of the day.