Archive for September, 2015
Sam Amps, Saltfree & NDAC Feature on BBC 2 Science Show
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015"100 trillion cells. 280 days. One human life. A BBC Science series, produced in partnership with The Open University, exploring the making of you."
On Monday 28th September you may have seen the National Diving & Activity Centre feature on BBC 2 Science show ‘Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You‘.
As part of the show Sam Amps from Saltfree teaches the presenter Dr Michael Mosley how to Freedive at Chepstow’s inland dive site.
The whole show is fascinating and well worth watching and you can catch it on the IPlayer. If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, the freediving section starts at around 46 minutes in
SaltFree Divers offer freediving courses, training, coaching and competitions at all levels at The National Diving and Activity Centre, a beautiful flooded quarry in Chepstow, near Bristol.
Their purpose-built freediving platform is the deepest of its kind in the UK, possibly in the world, fully equipped for safety and comfort.
Whether you want to learn to dive deeper, hold your breath longer or perfect your underwater swimming technique, SaltFree is the perfect location for Constant Weight and Free Immersion breath hold dive training.
Find out more about Saltfree and book on their courses via their website at www.saltfree.biz
Special Effects student builds model of NDAC Wooden Wigwam
Friday, September 4th, 2015We recently spotted the following tweet on the NDAC Twitter timeline by Emily Norris (@emilyanorris).
@NDAC_co_uk I made a wigwam ☺️ pic.twitter.com/8DqdsMI6kD
— Emily Norris (@emilyanorris) August 22, 2015
We were so impressed by the models she made of our Wooden Wigwams that we got in touch with Emily to find out the full story.
Emily is an artist studying Technical Arts and Special Effects at the University of the Arts, London. During a visit to the Wire Zip Slide Emily came up with the idea of a glamping trip to the NDAC as a fun present for her boyfriend’s birthday.
The gift was for my boyfriend’s birthday as a little fun getaway when we are both home from university.
We go to different universities so it is a great way for us to spend a bit of time together"
Rather than just telling her boyfriend about the gift with a card, Emily used her creative talents to create the model of our Wooden Wigwams.
Making him the model wigwam was the only fitting way to explain what I had bought him. I like to give gifts that the individual would never have thought of. On visiting the centre to have a go on The Wire, I realised the Wigwams were the perfect present"
More of Emily’s creative work can be seen online via her Facbook page.
