dubdobdee ([info]dubdobdee) wrote,
@ 2008-01-27 10:39:00
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swimming pools canon
1: london fields lido ---> it is close to my house
2: oasis in covent garden ---> went for first time yesterday, it is LOVELY (indoor and outdoor pool, council flats all lookin down on it, very cruisey boys changing rooms (v!ck sez the girls' is nothing like this), unsurprisingly inexpensive (i think hackkney is actually 35p more expensive), the heat-mix of the outdoor pool is weirdly variable even w.ppl thrashin around
3: er up to you, these are the only two i bin to

a: in the pool a spanish dad was teachin his tiny little son butterfly stroke -- they went into the wrong lane (ie no the slow lane) and got shouted at by the attendant, so then took a moment to read the rules --- "no running, no splashing, no bom-bing, BOMBING??"
b: haha in the cruisey changin rooms there was 1xgorgeous boy bein very "YES I KNOW I HAVE A FAB BOD AND I DON'T MIND IF YOU GAZE HUNGRILY", towelling off in a lazy self-adoring way until suddenly his mobile rang and his evidently insecure gf wz askin where was he an what was he up to and how long before he got home please --- "yes sorry babe, i'm on my way, sorry, i'll be two min - er half an hour! are you upset, babe, sorry sorry"" COLLAPSE OF FIT PARTY



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[info]katstevens
2008-01-27 08:23 pm UTC (link)
4: Gurnell pool, Ealing. Where I learned to swim! But not where I first learned to swim without armbands. However their racing pool is one of the best I've ever swam in and where I have done my fastest times.
5: Highgrove pool, Ruislip. Totally boring if you are small, sight of traumatic school swimming lessons. HOWEVER because it was in Ruislip it was always under-attended at morning training (compared to the identically-shaped but super-horrid Hayes pool) and so was BLISSFUL to swim in. The difference between walking on pavements and walking on sand.
6: Redbridge pool, somewhere near the Central line in Essex. Another great racing pool that I did well in.
7: Watford Springs: awesome slides & whirlpool, plus sedate lane swimming to keep mum amused in the meantime
8: Windsor Leisure Centre: longest slide ever!!111111!

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