Moving on...

Sadly it's time for us to move on from Dingle. When we first came to Ireland we were told that dive centres seem to change hands frequently, but it certainly wasn't our plan to leave so soon. After three successful years, we have been the victims of some rather dubious business practices and our landlords, the committee of Dingle Marina have reneged on the verbal rent agreement we had for the next three years and are insisting on another substantial increase. Given that the centre is a community, non-profit operation, we see this as a lack of vision and lot of short-term greed. We hope that someone else will take over the centre as the diving is so good it would be a tragedy for the diving community and the town not to have this facility. Thanks to everyone who visited us for your support and friendship and please keep in touch via email or on this blog, we hope to see you again, maybe in Dingle or somewhere further afield. Jacquie & Neal