Get fit for summer by swimming outdoors every day of the month of June.
Taking an idea posted on the Outdoor Swimming Society facebook page to swim outdoors every day through the month of June, if anyone fancies taking up the challenge it would be fun to collate and publish here or in the newsletter people’s June [...]
Archives for May 2010
June challenge anyone?
A piece of history
We’ve just come across a fascinating piece of Lido history, on of all places, Surrey Chambers of Commerce website, an unlikely place to find Lido history!
“Things are going swimmingly for one of the more unusual members of Surrey Chambers of Commerce, Guildford City Swimming Club.
Founded in 1889 by a local youth Maurice Quittenden, the Club moved [...]
FOGL AGM
Details and minutes from last night’s FOGL AGM will be available here sometime over the next couple of weeks or so once we’ve had time to produce and post them up. Any delays are purely down to us all being rather busy in our day jobs and/or getting in a bit of holiday over the coming [...]
2-4-1 Wednesdays
It’s Wednesday so that means the Active Card 2-4-1 offer can get you and a friend into the Lido today for the cost of one ticket. Your card needs to be shown at the Lido to claim the offer. Cards available at Spectrum.
There’s also the same offer from the The Good Time Guide card people for students [...]
Want to know a secret?
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 [...]
Swimming tales
We’ve updated the Swimming Tales page. We’d really like to have as many tales from Lido users and FOGLs over the summer as we can, keep them coming in and we’ll pop them on the page.
Getting Guildford swimming
If the beautiful weekend has brought you to the Lido for the first time this season, remember it’s always a fab place to swim, even when the day isn’t a scorcher. The water’s always heated, the queues are smaller and the pool offers the best outdoor swimming spot for miles around. If you’re after a [...]
May Newsletter
It’s a bumper issue and can be downloaded here
Technical problems at the pool
Now as luck would have it, we have a sunny weekend forecast, just as the pool gets hit by technical problems! Due to circumstances beyond the control of the management, which they’re working hard to sort out, there will be a restriction on numbers this weekend. This is of course not the best news we [...]
The Good Time Guide 2-4-1 Lido Offer
For students with The Good Time Guide Offer Card, there is a two for one offer on entry to the Lido running until the 2nd June.
For details see http://www.thegoodtimeguide.com/newsflash/?id=34
If you know someone who doesn’t have a TGTG Card and would like to take advantage of a range of offers (not just for students) around Guildford, visit http://www.thegoodtimeguide.com/static/offers.asp
The guys [...]
