Testimonials
Hi Ali
I just got back from my extended summer holiday on the coast so have not been near the computer. I wanted to thank you again for all your help on the course and especially getting me through the last day! I couldn't have wished for a better instuctor. I had a horrible bug for a week after so that explained alot! I hope all is well with you and look forward to diving with you again soon,
Nic Marks - 06/09/09
Hi Guys
Just wanted to say thank you to all the instructors who helped make the course really enjoyable and rewarding. I thought the planning and organization of the 2 days was first class, I will definitely be staying with 2dive4 for any future training. I would also be very interested in the march 2010 red sea trip so would like some more info on this. Would I be good enough as an advanced diver for this trip?, if I book will I be put in with someone for accommodation, (not really wanting to pay the single supplement). Look forward to hearing from you.
Steve Allum - 24/08/09
Hi Guys
Everyone has said what a great course it was and I wholeheartedly agree; Ali and Richard were superb instructors pushing us all to the limit which I know we all now appreciate!
As Neil (Ian!) said I will hear "Diver Diver ......" in my sleep for a long time - just hope I don't wake up shouting it on the plane. Off to Florida tomorrow so will be getting wet soon - even Wendy!!
It was a great group of people and I really enjoyed spending the time with you all and I know we all learnt so much
Safe diving all and hope to meet up again soon
Dave & Wendy - 15/05/09
PS - Wendy has got the sausage rolls/pork pies for the plane!! Yes really!!
Dear All,
I know this is late, but I have been away all week on a Conference in Bournemouth..............
I would also like to express my thanks to Ali & Richard, the course content was excellent and was delivered by two very professional affable instructors. Two days of my life disappeared in an abundance of "Diver Diver, are you ok - Inflate your BCD".
The Instruction was concise and delivered in a very friendly manner. This course was fantastic and I would have no problem recommending this or other courses run by you. As previously said by others, thank you Wendy for the land based operations !! You really did look after us...... :-)
Thank you all again, and look forward to getting wet soon !! "Diver Diver are...................."
Neil - 15/05/09
Hi Steve/Nikki,
I thought I'd give some feedback on the course this weekend. My first point is that Ali and Richard are no good in the water. I don't know how they even got their open water. They kept panicking, losing their buddy or passing out etc. If it wasn't for the four of us on the course they would have died.
:-) Ok, all joking aside this was a really good course. I was actually quite apprehensive as the course has no structure to it like all other Padi courses do. With all the rest you know exactly what you are going to do and it's all laid out beforehand, whereas this course is different. I honestly could not fault Richard and Ali. They both did well and the group gelled together. It was fun and I learned a lot. I came away knowing that in a rescue situation I would know what to do.
I was impressed with the way that Ali handled everything. I was worried that the atmosphere would be a lot more tense, but Ali managed to start of slow and bring things up to a point where in the end we were handling 3 vitctims at the same time. Richard makes a very good divemaster. He has come a long way from when I met him 2 years ago.
thanks
Gavin - 11/05/09
Hi Alison and Richard,
Thank you for your email and the photos. The people on a course can make or break it and I was really chuffed that the other guys were such fun to work with. You two had a tiny bit to do with it as well.......I suppose!!
No...seriously....you two seemed to work really well together and for me you had the perfect balance of relaxed and serious. Thank you. Also another huge thank you to Wendy and John who looked after us so beautifully.
I am working on my emergency plan and promise to have it back with you by the end of the weekend.
I cannot promise to make all of them but if any of you are planning any dives then please bear me in mind.
All the best,
Marc - 14/05/09
John,
Many thanks for getting that dispatched.
I would like to thank you for all your help with this order. The process has been very easy and the customer service and swift responses have been exceptional. I had tried to place the order with several other companies and have been messed around and let down by them all. I will certainly be shopping with you again.
Kind regards
Alex - 16/03/09
Hi guys
A HUGE thank you to you and all your team for a fantastic but hard few days for Susie & I - we thoroughly enjoyed it but could not have done it without such a great team.
Thank you!
Bobbie & Susie -
Hi steve,
First of all i would like to extend a BIG thank you to you and all of the 2dive4 team, those that i have
met and those that i have not met (yet). For getting me through the open water diver course. It was a great weekend at gildy, i will be looking forward to more of the same.
I am now sure i will pursue diving as a hobby but in what field I'm not certain, maybe photography as i am
already interested in that subject (on dry land). Obviously money and work commitments will determine
what and when i can do whatever i decide to do.
I may have got my daughter and her boyfriend interested in having a try dive, i told them to contact 2DIVE4
for information. (it's now up to them).
Again a very BIG thank you. please convey my gratitude to the team, especially :- Laura P., Connor, Nikki R.,
Laura G., and Julie & Stuart.
THANX and best regards
glen. 28/07/08
" Hi Nikki
I wanted to drop you a line to thank you for the time, effort, care and thought that you put into Sam’s training. As you know, I did my Open Water in the Maldives and Advanced in the Red Sea. The Maldives training was almost like a conveyor with batch after batch of students going through the “sausage machine”. The Advanced was done on a liveaboard and, with the benefit of hindsight, we just went through the motions to get the card.
The difference in the quality of what I received compared to what you did with Sam is astonishing. The detail in your briefings contained more useful info than I got from both courses.
Sam had some fundamental fears about diving in the sea and you helped her to work though the concerns - it is now hard to keep her out of the water! Thank you. I have recommended 2Dive4 to a colleague as she wants to do her rescue course next year.
With best wishes, "
" Hi Nikki, All the kit arrived today. Well pleased!
I can read the ads in Exchange and Mart at 400 yards through the new +4 mask, so now that I no longer have an optician, it will become my normal everyday-wear.....very trendy.
Everything else is quite splendid, so once again thanks."
" Hi to the 2Dive4 Team.
Just wanted to say thanks to you all, especially Connor and Rachel, for your patience at the weekend with me on my Rescue Diver course. I certainly ached when I got up yesterday from attempting to get people out of the water, think I need a few more sessions at the gym to get my strength up to actually be able to manage it properly!
Really enjoyed the course but have to say that I hope I never have to put any of my newly acquired skills into action. Hope to get the chance to see you all again and go for a pleasure dive.
Kind regards. "
"To Everyone @ 2dive4,
I just wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you for the excellent customer service that you have offered me over the past few weeks! I bought an O'Three Drysuit, a Ladies Aqualung Pearl BCD and some Scubapro Regs... and from the moment that I arrived in your shop was given detailed, expert advice about all of these items.
I just did my first few dives using the kit that I bought - the O'Three Drysuit is (as you said) MAGNIFICENT! I can't believe how much better it is than my old drysuit! The BCD is also fantastic - the I3 inflate / deflate system on it is really good and is highly recommended... the I3 system was really easy to get used to! The Regs are also great!
You guys have a superb dive shop... I'll highly recommend you to everyone I know!
Thanks once again,
Angharad Thomas" - 30/04/08
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Hi Steve
Just to say thank you for a great experience. It was definiately one to recommend to all divers (despite not getting a free T.shirt!) as it was great fun, very interesting and I learned a lot about DCS.
Thanks again.
"Hi Steve
Thanks for your email.Totally enjoyed the course on wednesday.Found it probably the most challenging course yet,as far as task loading goes.It helps confidence on the day knowing your always in totally safe hands all the way.
regards
justin" - 29/05/07
"Steve
Hope you are well. Just a quick note to say the Emergency First Responder course was brill. Laura is a great teacher.
I will also be coming down to Newhaven in July, Nikki asked me to let her know if I could come. Could you order me a tank for the day please.
You take care.
Sue" - 27/03/07
"Hi Steve
just got back from our pool session, thoroughly enjoyed getting wet.please pass on my thanks to laura and chris who were very friendly and made us feel very welcome (something im not used to with my current dive sclub).I will defo be doing my advanced with 2dive4 but, unfortunatley, have just had to pay my tax bill so im skint atm :o( lol.I will be intouch very soon.
thanks again
Simon Kruger" - 04/02/07
"Laura
Just a quick email to thank you for the hard work put into teaching our children over the summer.
You will be pleased to know that Eloise, Hugh, Isabelle and Leonora have all passed and are now Open Water divers.
They have enjoyed (well I will use this word loosely for Eloise) the course and seen some great sea life already.
Thanks again and best wishes to you.
John Bevan" - 05/11/06
"To Nichola & Ollie (and Steve for the pre trip dive training)
Once again thanks for making it a fantastic trip. I know everyone who went will not forget it for a long time, and apart from being told off for staying up late and having my alcohol intake monitored, Nikki was the perfect although slightly untidy cabin mate.
As for Allison she was the perfect buddy who made the dives all the more safer because if I lost sight of her I only had to look for her camera flash going off (average 100 pics per dive). I am just glad she only raided the wine cupboard once the diving had finished !
Murray" - 28/06/06
"Steve, Nikki,
Julie and me would like to thank you for all your efforts in organising the trip. You both made our holiday an exceptional memory and fortunately we have some great shots. The atmosphere was always upbeat and friendly on the trip and it kept some of us going when we felt quite ill. Your hard work definitely showed.
We would be interested to know the details about the Red Sea liveaboard aswell please.
Many Many Thanks Ju and Stu Williams" - 16/10/06
"Hi all, would just like to say thanks so much for all the help and time getting me through my open water course,i had a great time and really enjoyed it ,i had a couple of scarey moments but with all the help got over it ,special thanks to laura and conner for all their hard work and making me feel at ease , i would also be interested in taking my advanced open water course ,is it possible to do that on your red sea trip in march next year ,if so let me know please ,also my seven year old daughter would like to get involved with scuba is the bubble maker class ok for her ,
Thanks so much again Brian Boltwood" - 25/09/06
"Hi Steve
Just wanted to say thank you very much for the last couple of weekends - I
really enjoyed it and Laura and Coner were great instructors.
See you at Del's leaving do.
Jenny Barnes" - 25/09/06
"Hi Steve.
I like to say a big thank you to you, and all your staff that help me pass my open water. I had a great time.a big thanks to Laura and Connor. thanks
Dave Hughes" - 15/09/06
"A very big thankyou to all your team for being so friendly and accommodating
this weekend. Laura, Connor, David, Claire,Lee and Catriona were kind
enough to dive with me to up my score to 20 dives for the Rescue Diver
course. They are a great bunch of people and I really enjoyed the experience
- even though visibility was tricky!
Thankyou all
Pip Barfield" - 11/09/06
"Hi Steve,
thanks for the e-mail. I seem to remember Laura saying that you were running an advanced course on 22 &23 Sept, if you are I would like to book please - perhaps you can e-mail me to confirm. Once again thanks for the professional and friendly way you ran the course last week. Regards.
Bob Reade" - 04/09/06
"Steve
Thank you again for a really great fist cousre plz say a BIG Thank you to laura and nickie and of couses give you self a pad on the back too, thanks again for the dinner really enjoyed them very funny! very happy with all the gear we got of you too i really liked the flipers and head baned.. DOh i mean fins talk to you see Austen or as all other know me as Chunky a story to tell you one day be good see you !!
Austen Costantinou" - 29/08/06
"Steve,
I really enjoyed the course and I know that Jonjo did to. It was nice that I felt Jonjo was in very safe and capable hands when with you and your instructors. It was hard coming back to work this morning but have bored anyone that will listen as to how great the weekend was. Once I have held up the local post office I will be in touch to book the advanced course for the two of us.
Please pass on my thanks to the rest of the team,
Regards
Len
PS
Jonjo was reading an e-mail from an old chum of mine and want's to know what a Russian thong fish is.............i'll let you explain that one" - 04/11/06
"Hi Steve
Just wanted to thank you, Nicky and Conor for the weekend's training. I
really did enjoy it although, as you know, I was a bit wary.
Thanks for the support and coaching.
Best wishes
Pam Muscatt" - 13/06/06
"Thanks, I really enjoyed the diving and getting the Open Water sorted! You and Conor taught us very well and clearly brought across the fun side of diving which was important, so I am kind of inspired at the moment.
Just a couple of things:
Can you send me the dates of the adavnced open water courses as I am definitely interested in that, it will be a case of when I can fit it in
I have just booked a week in Hurghada, Egypt - any recommended dives that you know in the area?
Hopefully see you, Conor and Nicky soon, either at the shop, lake or doing Advanced Open water
rgds
Chris Tye" - 13/06/06
"Hello how are you.
Just a quick note to say thanks for the diving on Sunday, really enjoyed it and will keep going until I get my skills back.
Hope Nikki is feeling better now after her sunstroke.
Could you let Chris know that I've found the clip he lent me. We were both looking for it on the day and couldn't find it, but it was attached to my weight belt, so I will drop it off at the shop, probably at the weekend when I'll come in to collect the hose I need for my BCD, and the new clip. I will also purchase some more weights so that I can sink better!!
See you soon.
Sue Aitken" - 15/06/06
"Dear Steve ,
Loved every moment of your entertaining yet academic class .Thanks for everything and know i cannot wait to dive again next week . Hope you manage a good sleep.Please give my love to nicky as she was more than friendly and ever so helpful too and it was lovely meeting all your team members who helped out to make it run smoothly.See ya guys next week..........................
regards,
Loraine" - 11/06/06
"Hi Steve,
I trust you are well.
Firstly, may I thank you and your team for a fantastic 4 day course. Special thanks to Conner, who was extremely professional and confidence boosting.
I shall forward to you my passport sized pictures this week.
I understand, however, that you need to take my picture digitally for my PADI card. I will not have an opportunity to attend your shop before my trip (28.6.06), due to a number of work commitments.
Is it possible that you may use the attached? If not let me know and I’ll see what I can sort out.
Thanks again.
Scott C Davis" - 06/06/06
"Hi Steve,
I enclose a copy of the emergency plan as requested. I hope it is ok. Thanks for a great course.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Ian Buchan" - 05/06/06
"Just a short note to say a huge thank you to Darren for his instruction last weekend. It was my first introduction to scuba diving and Daren made me feel at ease from the moment I met him. I thoroughly enjoyed both experiences at the pool and the lake and will be looking to do a course in the future. Many thanks
Jackie Souter" - 18/07/06