tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288413469828462951.post1222924156094607670..comments2024-03-01T07:27:20.165+00:00Comments on SWIMMING ROUND LONDON: No gratuitous nudityJenny Landrethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10612791455496952147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288413469828462951.post-78944685150356935732012-03-14T21:53:13.412+00:002012-03-14T21:53:13.412+00:00hi. late to this blog but am really enjoying it so...hi. late to this blog but am really enjoying it so far. thanks! going to devour every entry. been using this place more than any other in the last year and this is spot on review. it's far from lovely as a building and overall experience (tatty, grubby and entirely unlovely) but i always find the pool bright, clean, clear, cool enough and with enough lanes and space (even at peak times) to be able to train for an hour or so without having to avoid plodders, splashers or doggy paddlers. <br /><br />it's almost unheard of to have four lanes clearly marked "slow", "medium", "fast" and "really fast" in a public session. what's more, the "really fast" lane is hardly ever full of splashy macho plonkers covered in gym muscle with no idea.<br /><br />i'll happily keep using it (among others) over more handsome and charming places as it's so convenient and as long as it retains the relative lack of rush hour crowding. <br /><br />totally agree with 6/10.allanjbegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437595218988393670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288413469828462951.post-19895607414115616272011-03-29T13:53:52.424+01:002011-03-29T13:53:52.424+01:00Lockers at Westminster Pools are the only ones I k...Lockers at Westminster Pools are the only ones I know in London that give you your money back. I have to say though that the Queen Mum's has only one thing to recommend it, and that's location. Porchester and Seymour are both atmospheric and rarely get too crowded. As someone that works in Westminster I go to the Queen Mum's because sometimes it's my only opportunity for a swim! (PS my site http://katharinegetswet.wordpress.com/ is sfw, I just stupidly picked a bit of an oo missus name)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288413469828462951.post-19968958760049198012011-03-28T15:21:20.375+01:002011-03-28T15:21:20.375+01:00Loving this. That is some commitment to lidos. I w...Loving this. That is some commitment to lidos. I was once told the lido is where you go to get polio, or to cottage - this has somewhat coloured my view of them ever since. Although did have a teenage snog at Bickley Lido once. Am guessing like my teen years this lido is merely a sketchy memory.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213735945596577984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288413469828462951.post-66531698539167007372011-03-27T18:08:54.665+01:002011-03-27T18:08:54.665+01:00Thanks Nando, good idea. I'll include that on ...Thanks Nando, good idea. I'll include that on my next tweet-out.Jenny Landrethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612791455496952147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2288413469828462951.post-44696600089867431522011-03-27T18:03:49.157+01:002011-03-27T18:03:49.157+01:00I've had an idea! Rather then taking pictures ...I've had an idea! Rather then taking pictures yourself, you can always ask if people have their own pictures and if they could send it in. <br /><br />Looking beautiful.Nando Cucahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128218353340700385noreply@blogger.com