This week on The BiG Scuba Podcast, Gemma and Ian visit the Midlands Diving Chamber and experience a 40 meter Dry Dive in the Chamber. They also sit down with Sally Cartwright, Chamber Manager and Carolyn Peel, Chamber Hyperbaric Doctor and hear more about what happens at the Midlands Dive Chamber.

The Midlands Diving Chamber, a Hyperbaric decompression chamber offering NHS funded recompression to divers with Decompression Sickness (DCS) together with other Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) treatments.

Midlands Diving Chamber specialises in Diving Medicine and provides a 24 hour centre with everything a diver could need from a medical facility. They also offer medicals too.

To find out more follow Scott here: Midlands Dive Chamber

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This week on The BiG Scuba Podcast, Gemma and Ian sit down with James Soos — British Army veteran, technical diving instructor, and founder of Dive With Jimmy, a thriving dive centre based in Bedfordshire.

James has led teams during his military career and has dived all over the world. As an instructor with both BSAC and SSI, he teaches everything from recreational diving right through to advanced technical and closed-circuit rebreather courses. Qualified to dive to 100 metres on both open and closed circuit, he has also worked as Cruise Director in some of the planet's most iconic dive destinations, including Truk Lagoon and Bikini Atoll.

In this episode, James shares his passion for diving, the joy he brings to every course and expedition, and the stories behind his global adventures. Tune in for an inspiring conversation with someone who truly lives and breathes the underwater world.

Find out more about James Soos here :https://www.divewithjimmy.com/

Previous epidode when we spoke to James before he started the dive centre : https://www.thebigscuba.com/podcast/episode/2964b1ef/dive-with-jimmy

We also discuss the BSAC The Annual Diving Incident Report : https://www.bsac.com/document/bsac-diving-incidents-report-2024/

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This week, the BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian chat to Nick Schiller. Nick is a keen lover of being on and under the water. He is a sidemount diver and an assistant BSAC instructor.

He has dived extensively in the UK as well as Egypt, Iceland, Mexico and Tobago. He loves diving with a scooter and is keen on helping people out removing tarpaulins, ropes, etc form props, searching for mobile phones and wedding rings. So that's how he got involved with S32 - a phone call "could you just come and inspect a sunken WW2 air sea rescue boat for us?" - a year later and Nick is very involved in trying to save the MASB S32 Whaleback. He is currently, taking a break from diving as a result of the accident on Sea Palling beach involving a boat but ready to return to diving next year.

More about Nick : linkedin.com/in/nschiller
Whaleback Revovery: https://asrwhaleback.com/

BBC Coverage : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql2wzdkp24o

Facebook Detail : https://www.facebook.com/groups/angliandivers/posts/8468685639852662/

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Episode 212 Jo Moseley Paddleboarder, Diver and Author

This week, the BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian chat to Jo Moseley. Jo Moseley, 60, is a bestselling award winning author of three books about paddleboarding.. At university in Scotland she also learned to dive, becoming her university club captain and qualifying as a BSAC Dive Leader in the late 80s. The west coast of Scotland was a favourite diving location.

Jo loves wild swimming, touring the UK in her van called, Summer and does a 2 minute beach clean every day. One of her goals is to learn to freedive!

Website www.jomoseley.com

Instagram @jomoseley @thejoyofsuppodcast_

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Public email jomoseley@yahoo.com

Links to books: www.adventurebooks.com

Other Links discussed in the podcast:
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Diverstime and West Lake Diving Site : Go dive at West Lake - Take a look

Lundy Diving and Channel Swim : Donate to Gemmas Channel Swim

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This week, the BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian bring a roving report from their Sept 2025 trip to Seahouses and diving around the Farne Islands off the North East coast of the UK.

Our local dive centre Christal Seas Scuba Norwich organised the trip using the dive boat services of Sovereign Diving. We mention our stop off on the way to Seahouses to see the On Freedom Wings monument. This is a full-sized, steel representation of an Avro Lancaster Bomber, elevated 15 meters high to create the illusion of flight, located on the border of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, England

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Episode 210 – Our Adventures in Lundy and Under Swanage Pier

This week, the BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian, along with Scuba Honey, head to Ilfracombe to board the Barbara B with Lundy Diving for some unforgettable underwater adventures with the playful seals of Lundy Island. You can find out more at: https://www.lundydiving.co.uk/

From there, our journey continues to South Devon, where we dive Chesil Cove, catch up with Colin at DIR Direct (https://www.dirdirect.com/), and bump into our good friend Dave Mason enjoying the local waters. Along the way, we give shout-outs to Glen Barnes from the Seahorse Dive Club (https://seahorsediveclub.uk/), coastal hikers (and fellow divers!) Rhianna and Ed, and Liam from Divers Time (https://diverstime.com/) who shares tales of his own South Devon adventures.

A big thank you also goes to the Swanage Pier Trust for looking after us with parking and pier access: https://www.members-swanagepiertrust.com/

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The BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian report live from their road trip to Seahouses, Northumberland and diving adventures around the Farne Islands with Serentiy Farne Island Boat Tours https://farneislandstours.co.uk/

They also visit https://diverstime.com/ and catch up with Scoobs at the Dive Shack and have a dive in West Lake to see the new attractions.

Gemma and Ian drove the Auto-Trail Excel 620g throughout the trip and give a review of the motorhome… safe to say they loved it! https://www.auto-trail.co.uk/discover-the-award-winning-auto-trail-excel-range/

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