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Chill factor: Tooting Bec’s million gallon antidote to overheating

By timdawsn Posted on July 23, 2018 Posted in Swimming
Chill factor: Tooting Bec’s million gallon antidote to overheating

After the longest hot stretch in recent memory, I had expected a pulsating throng at Tooting Bec Lido. Instead, it was a surprisingly select gathering of refugees from the sweltering Smoke who assembled at the venerable south London oasis on …

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Bank failure: my involuntary Cam dip

By timdawsn Posted on August 23, 2016 Posted in Culture, Swimming
Bank failure: my involuntary Cam dip

Reaching the riverbank in Grantchester, my instinct was to first test the water’s temperature. The grassy bank is nearly two feet above the lapping surface so I inched forward from a sitting position before fully committing.  It wasn’t to be. …

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Clocking off: a dip in Lake Geneva

By timdawsn Posted on July 23, 2015 Posted in Culture, Swimming
Clocking off: a dip in Lake Geneva

Few are the major cities that afford outdoor swimming at their very centre.  Geneva, by virtue of its site at the head of one of Western Europe’s largest lakes, has always been an exception.  There are several points at which …

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Swim city: cooling my heels at Kings Cross

By timdawsn Posted on June 18, 2015 Posted in Culture, Swimming
Swim city: cooling my heels at Kings Cross

Bathing on a building site is an improbable antidote to June in the city.  Nonetheless, the Kings Cross Pond Club provides an enchanting, if unusual, oasis as the mercury rises. This temporary installation in the midst of the vast goods-yard redevelopment …

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