The Marathon des Sables no less! This blog is a heady mix of sheer determination, inspiration and a little bit of craziness, but hopefully, no sand in your shoe. Thanks to Laura Pearson for an insight into preparing for one of THE endurance events on the planet. Yayyy go Team Pearson!!!!

An insight into a freediving career from the lovely Georgina down at Aquacity with great photos from Daan! Made all the more special by the fact George is British Freediving Association UK Women’s Champion 2023. Thanks guys for the blog.

Thankyou to Laura Walton who runs Fit to Dive, who provide psychological input geared especially for divers. Laura is a Psychologist (and keen diver!) who specialises in working with divers to promote mental, emotional and physical wellbeing in the context of diving. Read on…

Thank you to Daan and George for coming to see Aquamarine Medicals for their HSE Diving Medicals. Daan and George both hold national records in freediving and together they run Aquacity Freediving, based in Porthkerris. Enjoy their stunning photos and words on exploring the underwater world on a single breath. We hope their enthusiasm for freediving comes through and after reading you just want to jump in the sea.

Thank you to Georgie Bull for coming to see Aquamarine Medicals for her HSE Diving Medical and writing this blog for us. Georgie is the British and Irish Underwater Photography Champion 2020 and is currently doing a degree in Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology at Plymouth University.

Thanks to Neil Harvey for coming to Aquamarine Medicals for his ENG1 medical and writing his blog ‘Only Wind and Water’. Neil was a circumnavigator during the Clipper Round the World Race 2017-2018, on board ‘Dare to Lead’. In this year with not much chance for adventure – worth a read of Neil’s transglobal exploits!

Thank you to John Osborne for coming to see Aquamarine Medicals for his HSE Diving Medical and writing this blog for us. John’s blog shows his perspective on one of the most unique jobs in the world. Making a conscious decision to pursue a progressive career choice as a commercial diver, and becoming a saturation diver, can be a leap of faith. Literally! I should warn you in advance, I will digress on the odd occasion. An aspiring saturation diver must dive a minimum number of hours at a variety of depths within the air range (0-50M). Once the diver has achieved the pre-requisites, he/she then has the ‘minor’ hurdle of paying for and attending a course and then joining other new saturation divers in the pursuit of that first ‘lock out’! There’s an element of good fortune and timing involved in being in the right place at the right time to get into saturation diving. Upon getting the ‘first sat’, the new sat diver will be exposed to a whole different world, literally…!

Thank you to Peter French, from The Island Trust, for coming to see Aquamarine Medicals for his ENG1 Medical. The Island Trust is a charity that provides sailing activities for young people with special needs, disabilities and those experiencing hardship and deprivation. The Island Trust has many year’s experience of providing character-building sailing expeditions for youth groups, schools and colleges. Our highly trained professional sailing staff will ensure that your group’s residential or day sail is a valuable learning experience as well as an exciting and enjoyable voyage. We have extensive experience of working with groups of young people with special educational needs, moderate learning difficulties and challenging behaviour. We coach sailing to young people with both physical and mental disabilities, and our staff are adept in teaching those with visual and hearing impairment.