//podcastplus.net/feed/are-you-a-scuba-diver-fancy-a-brew~e7ee8429 Divers talking about conservation, professional, recreational and technical diving. Some well, others less known, all a huge inspiration to you, if you'd like to follow in their finstrokes! Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:59:58 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxfemm/Angus.mp3 This is the final episode of Season 3 and I talk to my mate Angus Hosking. He's a lovely bloke and fellow ginger-haired outdoorsman, who loves to Free Dive around the Lake District and collect discarded or lost items in and around the waterline. We chat about the types of items he's found from iPhones to engagement rings, organised cleanup problems, talking at Kendal mountain festival and how to practice breath-holding safely to be able to free dive. To find out some more about Angus here are some links: https://www.instagram.com/lakedistrictdiving/ https://www.instagram.com/anguschosking/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/lake-district-diving-no-goal-amount https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_IOwuqg_LGu7-bEi5puHIg This is the 3rd series which is supported by DiveLife SCUBA Diving Centre. Use promo code "ATND10" for online purchases at https://divelife.co.uk/ Share this video with a friend: https://youtu.be/vO20D_Qlfn4 Subscribe for more Scuba Diving content: https://www.youtube.c... Sun, 17 Apr 2022 23:01:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxfemm/Angus.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jmbkk/AJ_Powell6y0i7.mp3 In the penultimate episode of this season, I chat to AJ Powell. Based in Japan, he's a retired United States Army Non-Commissioned Officer who served in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army, and he is a world-travelled American combat veteran.  He is a fully qualified aircraft mechanic and technician, flight engineer, instructor, and pilot. He is also a professional/occupational scuba diver, exploration diver, technical diver, and certified dive instructor. AJ is an author, published researcher, guest lecturer, and public speaker. He is a social and political advocate for the veteran’s community as a whole, men's social issues, leadership and growth mindsets, and enjoys opportunities to teach, coach, mentor, and guide others towards self-betterment and success. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and is published academically in the fields of sociology and leadership. During his career, AJ has been blessed with opportunities to work at the local, joint, and multinational levels of operati... Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:11:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3jmbkk/AJ_Powell6y0i7.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/937mnn/Rosie22.mp3 This week I welcome back Rosie Bancroft, she had to come back on and tell me about the most amazing year in Bali. After seeing all her amazing adventures spent in paradise, I couldn't wait to find out all the details. She had an amazing year and tells me about the do's and don'ts and how she managed to make it pay. She also got asked to become an ambassador for the "Girls that Scuba' community. Give it a listen to find out how you could have a similar experience. Rosie graduated from the University of Manchester (UoM) with first-class honours in Zoology, where she specialised in conservation, climate change and sustainability. Simultaneously she led a career as an elite athlete for Team GB para-swimming. Rosie then went on to work as one of the leading ambassadors and managers for sport at UoM. In the 12 months since she was last on the podcast, she has become a Divemaster with SSI whilst interning in a marine conservation charity in Indonesia. Currently working as an online marketing manager for severa... Sun, 03 Apr 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/937mnn/Rosie22.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nr7ifb/Laney_Grant8bua3.mp3 This week I chat with Laney Grant, a newly qualified GUE Fundamentals Diver and Ghost Fishing UK's Fundraising Officer. We initially met when she ordered one of the Fancy a Brew podcast mugs after listening to the episode with @RichWalker. She talks openly about how completing the Global Underwater Explorers' Fundamentals course, gave her the confidence to be in the water more than she had before. After asking her previous instructors how to remain stable and neutral and their only suggestion was to just practice, Laney felt so disillusioned.  GUE was formed by Jarrod Jablonski and gained early prominence in association with the success of its well-known Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP), which now has the status of a nonprofit affiliate of GUE. Jablonski, the president of GUE, promoted the ideas of "Hogarthian" gear configuration and the "Doing It Right" (DIR) system of diving to a global audience. Following the WKPP's introduction in 1995 of a standardised approach to gear configuration and divi... Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:06:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nr7ifb/Laney_Grant8bua3.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jjijra/JESSICA_3-226qpci.mp3 This week I chat with Jessica Irwin,  a military mom, a maritime archaeologist, an environmentalist and explorer. She loves to explore ideas, places, and new ways of doing things. She says "I am an archaeologist but that doesn't mean I just dig in the dirt. I also dive under the water, visit archives, and write. I look at cultural material to learn about the past." She loves maps and making maps. "Honestly maps are what brought me to archaeology and love for history. I have worked doing GIS for years and I am happy to use those skills to further archaeology and to make what we do more accessible to people." She believes that it is our responsibility to teach people about archaeology and history, "ALL archaeology is public archaeology." Most of her career has been working in organizations that are non-profits. That means wearing a bunch of hats. Archaeologists are bad at many things that are not archaeology! Here are a few links to find out more about her:jessicairwin.rpa@gmail.comhttps://www.inst... Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jjijra/JESSICA_3-226qpci.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z3fm7c/Dougie.mp3 This week I chat with my Dougie, he joined the Royal Navy in 1982, originally as an electronics apprentice, he then went on to complete the Ship’s Diver course. A four-week course training selected ship's company in self-contained air diving to 30m and to complete ship’s bottom searches to locate IEDs and to complete some basic underwater engineering tasks. In the summer of 1991, Dougie attended SBS selection at RM Poole. Unfortunately, he was RTU’d just prior to the jungle phase due to soldiering skills not being up to scratch. He went on to support UKSF, carrying out IED role in support of SAS and SBS for maritime Counter terrorism role. Using closed-circuit oxygen rebreathers. Trained in numerous insertion techniques, including fast boat, underwater approach, helicopter insertion, parachute. Dougie eventually left the RN and started working as a PADI Instructor at a nearby dive site and then landed a contracted job in Iceland, originally supposed to be done on Carleton MK16 CCR. This involved t... Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z3fm7c/Dougie.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5sgcpt/SARA_3-227h401.mp3 This week I chat with my Swedish JJCCR friend Sara Banderby. You might remember her from Season 2 when she talked about mine diving with the JJ-CCR. In this episode, she talks about having a CO2 Breakthrough and how it affected her.  Diving in colder waters might seem intimidating or a hassle, but under the surface, a different underwater world waits for those who take the step. Ice diving, well-preserved wrecks, mines and amazing sea life. Sara has been diving since 2009, but she didn’t start in the Baltic sea of Sweden. Going from cocktail diving to being a passionate cold-water diver, she wants to encourage more divers to start diving in their colder home waters.  Diving all year round, and working at a local dive centre in Stockholm, Sara is a CCR diver and Cave/Mine diver, and time not spent in the Swedish mines are spent on the wrecks. Through social media, she shares pictures and videos of deep mines and unknown wrecks, tips and tricks, and hopes to show that if she can do it, you can do it a... Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5sgcpt/SARA_3-227h401.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/388fsx/BOB_3-226kdys.mp3 This week I chat with Bob Anderson, who came North to Orkney in 1993, attracted by the allure of Scapa Flow. He worked as a commercial diver for four years before becoming a dive boat skipper in 1998. After three years on other boats, he finally took the plunge in November 2001 and bought the Halton. “I try to explore as much of the underwater world as I can and dive the places the boat visits myself too.” Bob is a diver too so hopefully can give a fairly accurate impression of what you are going to dive into. He tries to dive most of the sites that he puts divers in for that very reason… certainly, he has explored the vast bulk of the dives on his patch. The crew as a whole all have a strong marine science background and this knowledge underpins much of the boat exploration. Projects completed so far have researched concepts including Blue Carbon, Photogrammetry, diver safety, human factors and habitat mapping. Qualifications:BSc and MSc in Marine ScienceRYA Yachtmaster Offshore ticket for 60... Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/388fsx/BOB_3-226kdys.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f25d8a/JO_MORLEY_3-228354m.mp3 This week I chat with Jo Morley my ocean conservation friend. We met aboard the Pelican of London, a tall ship we sailed around the outlying islands of Northern Scotland as part of the Darwin 200 expedition in the summer of 2021.  For over a decade, she's been working at the forefront of the marketing and communications industry specialising in consumer awareness and behavioural change campaigns for the sustainability and environmental sector.  She has been responsible for the planning and management of a number of high-profile integrated campaigns for a number of causes including; the divestment movement and ethical investment, organic food and farming and plastic pollution. To find out some more about Jo Morley, here are some links:https://www.instagram.com/jo_morlord/ https://www.citytosea.org.uk/about-city-to-sea/meet-the-team/https://www.instagram.com/citytosea_/https://www.youtube.com/user/JoannaMarieMorley This is the 3rd series which is supported by DiveLife SCUBA Diving Centre. Use promo... Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:01:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f25d8a/JO_MORLEY_3-228354m.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/get59c/LEON_3-228s8xd.mp3 This week I chat to Leon Gabbidon, my stunt man friend who I met on the set of ITV's Emmerdale in 2021. A hugely enthusiastic and motivational speaker, Leon laughs and smiles throughout our chat where he talks about his stunt career, diving sidemount and 2 near drownings! Leon is a stunt performer at The British Stunt Register he studied at Leeds Metropolitan University graduating in 2010 He now lives in London, the United Kingdom originating from Birmingham. To find out some more about Leon Gabbidon, here are some links:https://www.instagram.com/leongabbidon/ https://www.menshealth.com/uk/building-muscle/a754768/mh-interview-leon-gabbidon-vegan-bodybuilder/  This is the 3rd series which is supported by DiveLife SCUBA Diving Centre. Use promo code "ATND10" for online purchases at https://divelife.co.uk/ Share this video with a friend: https://youtu.be/_VehPPhBlTk Subscribe for more Scuba Diving content: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndytheNorthernDiver?sub_confirmation=1  Check ou... Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:01:00 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/get59c/LEON_3-228s8xd.mp3