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We've been coming to La Manga Club since 2005 and purchased our wee El Coto hoose in 2012. Buying a property, therefore, allowed me to come down to Spain three or four times a year and the family whenever they want.
I find golf at La Manga far too expensive compared to Scotland. I absolutely believe the management needsto come up with more attractive packagesfor house owners without sports rights who come to the resort for a week to a fortnight at a time. So I guess I was looking for something else to do which is better value.
Nobody can go down to Cabo de Palos and fail to see the dive boats. They target what we know are
they've 100% committed themselves to Murcia after buying a house in Mar Cristal. A trip to see them and Calypso, their lovable Weimaraner,followed and I
was suddenly back into diving, made to feel completely at ease and quickly progressing to becoming an Advanced Open Water diver. They provide all or some of the equipment required so you can pitch up with your swimming costume only if you want!
I firmly believe that anyone can now be a scuba diver and, especially for younger people, should simply become qualified as part of their graduation into adult lfe. Indeed, Gregseh ,my son, independently decided to get his Open Water Advanced certification on a trip to Thailand, and we now dive in Spain
t o g e t h e r a s e q u a l s.
some cracking dive sites on the reefs heading out in a straight line from Cabo to Islas Hormigas and beyond. A desire to get back into the water started to evolve. However, when you're in your 50s, in a foreign country with no local language skills, besides "dos cervezas grande por favour". Wanting to get back to an ostensibly technical hobby, presents a few mental and physical barriers.
In early 2018, Channel 4's "A New Life in the Sun" featured Ed Smith and Jo Golder who, just months before, set up Scuba Murcia based in the South end of the La Manga strip. Ed has twenty years of experience at a dive school in Milton Keynes, and
























































































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