Swimming Thread

[halfmist]

We have an indoor pool at home and I won’t get in unless it’s at least 28 degrees. A bit of a waste of time for me as I mostly float around on a Liverpool FC lilo which I got on a holiday in Greece a few years ago. My Mrs uses the pool a lot more than I do. She wears a harness with an elastic chord and just swims in the same direction for around an hour at a time until she gets bored. No idea what sort of distance she covers.

 

[johnnytapia]

We have an indoor pool at home and I won’t get in unless it’s at least 28 degrees. A bit of a waste of time for me as I mostly float around on a Liverpool FC lilo which I got on a holiday in Greece a few years ago. My Mrs uses the pool a lot more than I do. She wears a harness with an elastic chord and just swims in the same direction for around an hour at a time until she gets bored. No idea what sort of distance she covers.

I know who I’ll be getting in touch with next time there’s a Covid lockdown!!

 

[halfmist]

I know who I’ll be getting in touch with next time there’s a Covid lockdown!!

There is only I rule, no pissing in the pool

 

[staffsblue]

Free swimming and gym available at Manchester Aquatics Centre tomorrow...

Tomorrow is national fitness day and to celebrate we are offering free swim for fitness and Gym between 10.00-14.00. You can book on the Better UK app, or come to reception where our staff will be happy to help #NationalFitnessDay

EDIT: Also seems to be free swimming at all the pools in Manchester operated by the "Better" group such as East Manchester, Hough End, Moss Side and Abraham Moss.

 

[staffsblue]

I made another trip to Hathersage Outdoor Pool this morning. Relatively quiet again today and managed to swim 100 × 30 metre lengths (3km).
It's amazing how quickly you can air dry in the poolside cubicles. Much more pleasant than those horrible humid leisure centre changing rooms where it's sometimes almost impossible to get dry!

 

[unsworthblue]

 

[unsworthblue]

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On the subject of swimming
I have been renting out a property (an ex council house) on an estate in North Manchester and recently we evicted the tenants and are in the process of renovating to sell the property
We have been doing work in the back garden and discovered this little gem backing onto my property,in the garden of a house on a council estate in North Manchester/Bury area
Anyone else have a swimming pool in their garden
I would love one

 

[staffsblue]

I made a return to Manchester Aquatics Centre this morning and managed to swim 52 × 50m lengths (2600m).
Was nice and quiet again, but I think I managed to find the optimum quiet spot between the pre-work 9 to 5ers, the lazy students getting out of bed and the FOCs turning up on their free bus passes!

 

[staffsblue]

I returned to Nantwich Leisure Centre again this morning for another swim in the outdoor pool.
It was really quiet despite the sunny weather, so stayed in the "open swim" area rather than the roped off "lengths lane".
Managed 84 × 30.48m lengths which adds up to 2560.32m.

 

[Gray]

Bloody hell some of you on here must have webbed feet!