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		<title>D-Day Wreck Found in Solent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 7th June, Landing Craft LCT 427 was on the way back to Portsmouth after successfully delivering a cargo of tanks to Gold Beach as part of the D-Day landings. Unfortunately she never made it, as just 4 miles from &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/d-day-wreck-found-in-solent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cave Diver Dies in Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polish cave diver, Artur Kozlowski, has apparently died while exploring the Kiltartan system near Gort in southern Galway. He failed to surface from a dive on Monday night and the alarm was raised at 9pm. His body was located at &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/cave-diver-dies-in-ireland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2 Divers Reported Missing in Subic Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are reports that 2 divers have been missing since Sunday (17 July) in Subic Bay, the former US naval base that is north of Manila. They were diving the USS New York, which was scuttled in December 1941 to &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/2-divers-reported-missing-in-subic-bay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Neil and the Homicidal Seal</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/seals-both-drysuit-and-fur-july-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago. OK so last weekend in Northland wasn&#8217;t that &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/seals-both-drysuit-and-fur-july-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Talk by Simon Mitchell</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday I was very fortunate to go to a talk by Simon Mitchell at the Western Underwater Dive Club. Western Underwater Dive Club meets on Wednesdays and Fridays at their club house on Portage Road, which is also where &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/talk-by-simon-mitchell/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>TED Video by Richard Pyle from 2004</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 06:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. It is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading and its website has over 900 &#8220;TEDTalks&#8221; available online for free, from a wide variety of presenters. Richard Pyle is a self-proclaimed fish-nerd. He &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/ted-video-by-richard-pyle-from-2004/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diving the Great Wall Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 08:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I left Hong Kong a number of us from South China Diving Club toyed with the idea of going up to Beijing and diving the Great Wall with Steven Schwankert of SinoScuba. Unfortunately it didn&#8217;t happen and it&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/diving-the-great-wall-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diver Dies of Heart Attack at Poor Knights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 22:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An American has sadly died over the weekend while diving at the Poor Knights. He was apparently 55 years old and an experienced diver who had been taking underwater photographs. As he was swimming back to the boat crew members &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/diver-dies-of-heart-attack-at-poor-knights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>17th Century Wreck in Dorset</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/17th-century-wreck-in-dorset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 09:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lying in around 7-9 metres of water on a sand and shingle seabed on the edge of Hook Sands in Dorset, is the Swash Channel wreck. This is believed to be an early 17th Century armed merchant ship, which has &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/17th-century-wreck-in-dorset/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Divers Cave Expedition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 23:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Paul Neilsen from Extreme Technical Diving was coordinator  on a cave diving expedition to the Hinatuan Enchanted River Underwater Cave. Hinatuan is a town on the east coast of Mindanao in the Philippines. The Enchanted River may have &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/tech-divers-cave-expedition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hong Kong &#8211; Mandarin Divers&#8217; Quarry Bay Store</title>
		<link>http://www.divethoughts.com/hong-kong-mandarin-divers-quarry-bay-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 22:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years Mandarin Divers were located in Wong Chuk Hang, conveniently round the corner from where South China Diving Club used to meet every Thursday evening. Unfortunately they closed that outlet last year. But now they&#8217;re back, although this &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/hong-kong-mandarin-divers-quarry-bay-store/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Underneath the Arches &#8211; The Poor Knights, May 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Hambleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate Rita getting a job and me becoming a kept man, last weekend we decided to go diving. Despite a less than impressive weather forecast, Friday afternoon saw us heading north from Auckland to Tutukaka. Not long after setting &#8230; <a href="http://www.divethoughts.com/the-poor-knights-may-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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