Before the summer timetable at the academy I’m working in, I was able to head to the swimming pool for their opening at 9am. Now I have classes at 10 so we had to pick a different time. Fortunately I’ve got a decent break between morning classes and evening. Even so I was a little wary, it’s the summer holidays, would the pool be full of yoot? Would we get a decent swim?
I needn’t have worried. We went to the pool in Parque Oeste (West Park) and because it was after 11am the outdoor pool was open. They have two 50m pools, one inside and one outside. And there were only two lanes in use, and a half dozen sunbathers lying around the edge of the pool. As soon as I dived in I realised why. The water was a tad chilly, we were only in July and I guessed it would warm up.
Now, the water’s a lot warmer (well a couple of degrees, very important degrees) and there are a few more people, so many that Liz and I have to share a lane (with each other!) Still, the outdoor pool is fantastic, crystal clear. It feels like a private pool, there are so few folk. The lifeguards have the easiest job in the world, because almost all of the swimmers are proper swimmers, no old ladies three abreast yakking, last time we went there was only one chap who wasn’t doing crawl, and that’s because he was with his two sons. There are plenty of other pools in which messing about is the norm, and of course, there’s the sea too, so it’s really nice to have a place where you can actually get your head down and just swim, without worrying about collisions or splashing the blue rinse brigade (giving rise to the immortal Halifaxian quote: Oy, we don’t need no channel swimmers around here).
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Mmmmm – nothing like an outdoor plunge to get the circulation going. I think we may have to try this……what’s the temperature like in November?!
We’ve got similar pools here. Its just fantastic to be able to swim in the open air. There’s one five minutes away from work, with a view of the lake and Mont Blanc. It’s great. In November, it’s closed Anne.