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UID:318@lunesdale.org
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230710
DTSTAMP:20230508T165203Z
URL:https://lunesdale.org/events/hill-of-oaks-windermere-exploratory-dive/
SUMMARY:Hill of Oaks\, Windermere. Exploratory Dive
DESCRIPTION:A recreational and / or exploratory dive from the shores of Win
 dermere for all grades of diver on a new site…..\n\nPlease Book via the 
 website to confirm interest and attendance in order to arrange access to s
 ite and perhaps arranging some car shares.\n\nMeet 10am.  Entry from gent
 le gravel shore line. Parking close by. Different dive lines to take along
  N-S ridge or down northerly or southerly wall to c 20m.  Option of one o
 r two dives.  It's a nice spot for a picnic during the surface interval!\
 n\nDive Manager - Duncan Scott.\n\nCompass\, torch\, line cutters and DSMB
  recommended.\n\nAccess to the shoreline at Hill of Oaks has been conditio
 nally granted by special arrangement. This is a new dive site and one that
  is steeped in maritime aeronautical history\n\nPrior to WW1 experimental 
 sea planes were built and tested from especially constructed hangers on th
 e shores of Lake Windermere at the hill of Oaks. The first flights took pl
 ace on 25th November 1911. The Admiralty took an early interest and on 20 
 January 1912 performed their own test flights and supported the developmen
 t of a flight school and the head quarters of the Royal Naval Air Service 
 on Windermere moved there and by 1916 the sire was known as RNAS Windermer
 e. It operated until June 1917. Most recently the site has been used as a 
 holiday complex of lodges and caravans.\n\nA reconstruction of the first s
 ea plane water flew from the Hill of Oaks https://www.thewestmorlandgazett
 e.co.uk/news/23150068.waterbird-project-returns-windermere-lake-district/
  and a celebration of the key role Windermere played in the development o
 f seaplanes will be held on the lake next week May 10 -13th\n\nA team has 
 carried out a lot of research along with Allan King\, who wrote the book W
 ings on Windermere and believes he knows of a number of likely sites where
  aircraft or parts of aircraft might be found. A preliminary dive has alre
 ady taken place after a sonar search off Hill of Oaks\, using the ROV and 
 hand-held units and they found a wooden barge\, which they believe is one 
 used for transporting seaplanes which is in itself of interest. Further ta
 rgets of interest exist including a pile driving barge have been identifie
 d probably of more recent origin.\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;
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