Ok, not exactly a secret, but bet we’ve got your attention…..although the early morning sessions are catching on, it’s still possible to join what we can almost pretend is a “secret” swimming experience in the Lido.
Having enjoyed an early swim yesterday morning from 6.30am, and still there at 8am in what by then had become a virtually empty pool, once the early birds had left to get to work, I revisited in the afternoon and the place was playing host to a totally different bunch of several hundred sun-loving, Lido patrons. It was great to see the transformation and also to see everything swinging along so smoothly despite the technical problems that had hit over the hottest weekend of the year so far.
Much as I loved seeing the place buzzing and neither hubby nor me minded bobbing around in the midst of happy families, yesterday was the day when I really appreciated the beauty of the early sessions, as I’d still been able to enjoy my “proper” swim earlier on.
If you love the Lido and want a quieter swim than when the pool’s swarming on sunny days, try the early sessions, you won’t be disappointed. Monday and Friday sessions run from 6.30am – 9am and if you get in around 8am the commuters have been and gone and the pool’s yours…at least until everyone else finds out how brilliant it is.
(Wednesday sessions run 8am-10am and are included in the season ticket price, the Monday & Friday sessions cost extra but are worth every penny & season ticket holders get them cheaper, or all sessions can be paid for individually or in blocks of 12 for extra discounts)
Janetta
