Dive Pembrokeshire UK
Run by Len Bateman

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Letters.

These are just a few of the many letters we receive each week from people staying, diving or training with us, as you will see our service speaks for itself.

Len,
many thanks for a great weekend – superb accommodation and we liked the fact that you gave us a number of options to dive each day – much better than many skippers. The team are still raving about the trip and I may well be in touch to charter your boat next year. Please pass on our thanks to Alan, your good partner and the ladies who cooked breakfast for us. I will be putting a report on our website soon and also DIRX.
Kind regards Andy H.

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Len, Hi there.
Just wanted to say thanks again to Alan and yourself for looking after us so well over the weekend! We had a great time, despite the weather (and how sick we are of everyone telling us how gorgeous the weather was in Manchester all weekend!) and sometimes poor vis. The dives we did were lovely! So on behalf of Orca Divers, I'd like to say a big thanks for taking good care of us! All the best and hope to see you again,

Sam Orca Divers Manchester

Dear Len, I am just writing to thank you for your excellent instruction last week whilst teaching me power boating levels 1 and 2. It was a truly excellent course and a lot of fun too, something which lacks in the middle of London. Sadly I am back in the thick of things again, but you have certainly given me the confidence to get out on a boat, safely, and inspired me to maintain an interest in the sport – so many thanks indeed. I think I will need to book a day with you in slightly choppier water too. Be assured that I have my piece of rope and continue to practice bowlines! Yours, Gordon

Hi Len and Jan Just a quick note to thanks you both for the great RYA level II powerboat course we have just attended. The accommodation and hospitality you showed us was superb. Lens skills and confidence really made for a great and entertaining course. As I’m sitting here typing this e-mail I’m still buzzing, and eager to get back on the water (note I didn’t say under it!).

Simon Marriot

Just wanted to say thanks for looking after us so well while we were on the NPC Level 2 Power Boating Course last weekend. We all really enjoyed the course and found it really exciting and interesting.

We also really appreciated the quality of the accommodation, a vast improvement on some of the places we have been at on previous dive trips! What an amazing view over the bay!

Alan Hopkinson

Having dived recently with another local charter, in which he promised to take us to the Smalls only to be let down at the last moment. Then to wait 20 minutes in the water after surfacing to be picked up by the boat, thento be told the lift was not working. Our faith in diving around Pembrokeshire was restored when we booked to go with Dive Pembrokeshire UK and dive from Predator. We had a fantastic day, relaxed and easy and what was promised we got.

John Mills

I just wanted to drop you a brief words of thanks for looking after our small group from St Ives so well on Predator last week-end.
As you know, you stepped in and covered us when there was an engine problem with our original hardboat charter. In many respects this salvaged what could have been a disastrous week-end. However, every cloud has a silver lining and in this case it turned out to be Len Bateman and Dive Pembrokeshire
I must say you turned out to be an excellent skipper for us. Both friendly and helpful and with considerable knowledge of the waters in which we dived in respect of both navigation and marine life. It is always reassuring to be dropped spot on the wreck or reef and have accurate information about what to expect interms of currents and conditions. You gave a thorough safety briefing and were obviously well aware of the needs and limitations of the divers on board Predator, which proved a pretty good boat to be on.
I must say we also enjoyed your party tricks too when it came to feeding the gulls!

David Dixon BSAC Director & Travel Club Co-ordinator

Had an excellent time, a wonderful welcome. We recommend you highly to anyone.

Sarah Martin.

Enjoyed it very much, will be coming again in Sept.

Will be coming back, can we please book Predator for next year and accommodation now, thanks you.

Alison de Lord.

A most enjoyable weekend and we have booked again for 2004.

Pete Attwood

A well run organization, excellent amenities at the Lodge, welcoming, homely and professional/

Our parties comments have all been very positive, we would be very happy to stay and dive with you again in the future.

Nathan

As regular users of Charter Boats around the world and B/B accommodation, we would rate this as some of the best service we have ever encountered. The day or rough seas only proved how good a skipper Len is and the versatility of diving in the area.

The four star rating is well deserved and we hope we can arrange to dive with you again in the future.

Just a short note to thank you for your hospitality on our visit in April. We all had a fantastic time, the accommodation was superb and we have already begun to recommend you to our fellow divers.

Steve Emeny

Just a quick mail to say thank you very much for your efforts to make our holiday a great success and helping us out when problems arose. I personally have never dived with such a professional, good natured and helpful boat crew. I know Kev said that this was your job, but I felt that the levels of assistance and sound advise offered, went well beyond that usually given by a dive charter and I for one was very glad to have it.

David Purvis

We had such a great weekend we really did not want to come home! Thanks you for making us feel so welcome. I don't think we have been so relaxed in a long time.

Lynds & Jon

Just a note to thanks you for an excellent weekends diving. We all enjoyed the dive sites you suggested for our group and were spot on for all our requirements. Also the accommodation and breakfast were spot on.

Phil, Mike, Ian and the boy.

Thanks from us all for a super weekend-the way we all felt so welcome, the help you gave me in getting it organized, and super diving in great conditions. It goes without saying that everyone wants to come again next year.

Cheers Clive

Just a little note to thank you for your patient tuition and sound guidance on the Open Water Course last week. I had a fantastic time, the challenge and experience is something I will remember always. Your positive good humour is a marvelous gift and I am grateful for your efforts on my behalf.

Andy Francis-Flores

I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for an excellent two days RYA course and for the friendship shown to me by yourself and first class instructor Kevin.

Norman

Just a quick note to thank you all for a great weekend. We cannot believe how much information Kevin managed to squeeze into our brains. We would recommend your RYA courses to anyone. Thanks again for an excellent course set in a family atmosphere. We really felt at home.

Dave, & Hannah Pring

Thank you all very much for the excellent Powerboat course last weekend. It was superbly run and extremely processional and of course great fun. My objective was to feel sufficiently confident that I could take a group of divers out to dive offshore, and bring then all back safely having thoroughly enjoyed their day. This objective has been achieved in spades-Thanks!

Guy Tinsley

Thanks for everything you've done to make us feel welcome. Hospitality excellent very good atmosphere, a real home from home. We felt part of your family and will partake of this again in the near future.

Keith, Pauls, Tony & Diane.

Just a note to say thank you for looking after us so well on our dive trip. You made us very welcome and diving was very well organized. Please thank every one of your team on our behalf.

Clive Puddifoot.

Just a short note to express our sincere thanks for a great weekend. As usual the accommodation, company and breakfasts were legendary!

Jon Spokes

A very big thank you Len for introducing two tropical fishes to the balmy waters of Pembrokeshire! Your attention to detail and infectious enthusiasm was much appreciated by us both. The accommodation was excellent. The amazing lounge! A games room! Beer! A comfy bed and a big breakfast! - what more could a diver want?

Mark & Rosey.

Dear Len, This is a quick mail to say THANKS for a terrific weekend from the Members of Marlin Sub-Aqua Club. Clive and Alun could not do enough for us, and particularly myself. I was somewhat worried as to how I would manage after nine years out of sea diving, I have kept diving fit but, until my operation, my mobility was severely curtailed. I have been diving for over 43 years and will not give in! This was my big challenge and I did it, with the help of my friends, I had no problems apart from muscles which had not been used for years! Saturday my face was described as radiant, what a lovely compliment. So we have booked two more weekends with you next year, and I hope to become a regular, we all have nothing but praise for your team, no disrespect, but I do hope I am able to renew our acquaintance next year and to experience a trip on the Predator also.
Please pass on our gratitude to Clive and Alun and hope they may remember us next year.

Fantastic organization who needs the Red Sea? It is all here on our doorstep. See you next year, sorry I can't make the Boat show. Incidentally I repair wet and drysuits as well as custom made if you ever need our services. Terrapin wetsuits. www.wetsuits.uk.com I hope to get our diving side up next year.

Kindest regards, Biddie Foord DO Marlin Sub-Aqua Club, Nuneaton. -- Biddie

Just a short note to thank you for some super diving, accommodation and food when we stayed with you last week. Please thank the Skipper Len for "dropping us on the nose" of every dive site we visited.

Terry Keenan

Just a quick note to thank you profusely for the wonderful job you did in "gettiing me certified" I can honestly say it has been one of the most challenging and exciting experiences I've had. Thank you so much for your fantastic hospitality (well over and above the call of duty) you made me feel so very much at home. The skill and dediccation of your instructor team is a credit to you and themselves.

Yours with tremendous gratitud and many fond memories.

Andy Francis-Flores.