Brockwell Lido Breakfast Club 2008
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Tricky Skills
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One of my sticking points is that I have to pay twice to swim in Lambeth's pool over the summer. I have a direct debit for The Rec / Clapham (GLL,) and then a season ticket for the Lido (Fusion.)
I can't cancel the GLL membership for the summer and then start again as I will lose out on my price. Plus on some 'more testing' lido days I may want to swim indoors.
Indoor or out - all three pools are ultimately owned by Lambeth Council, but I am being charged twice.
I raised this point at the last BLU AGM and the Man From the Council with the clipboard said he would look into it.
Yeah, right...
I can't cancel the GLL membership for the summer and then start again as I will lose out on my price. Plus on some 'more testing' lido days I may want to swim indoors.
Indoor or out - all three pools are ultimately owned by Lambeth Council, but I am being charged twice.
I raised this point at the last BLU AGM and the Man From the Council with the clipboard said he would look into it.
Yeah, right...
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
The pool is being filled up really slowly... I watched a duck playing in the trickle of water from a hose pipe yesterday.. it's so hot .. WHY isn't it open NOW?? 
(Tricky... there's no way Fusion are going to allow other members in - Lambeth pools or otherwise... they're not even letting their own members use it unless their membership is at the Lido itself - whilst we who are Lido members can use their pools all over London! It would be excellent if they did though.)
(Tricky... there's no way Fusion are going to allow other members in - Lambeth pools or otherwise... they're not even letting their own members use it unless their membership is at the Lido itself - whilst we who are Lido members can use their pools all over London! It would be excellent if they did though.)
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i have a confession to make.
last year i bought a season ticket and i went maybe four or five times. it was cold and grey!
so this year, i won't get one - and what's the betting it'll be a roasting summer and i'll end up going every day...
at self
last year i bought a season ticket and i went maybe four or five times. it was cold and grey!
so this year, i won't get one - and what's the betting it'll be a roasting summer and i'll end up going every day...
at self
snowy_again
Slush
Then get some of the vouchers - it saves a quid each time i guess.
As of this morning, I'm now the proud owner of another season ticket. All thanks to Clara and a great birthday present! Just been sitting in the garden reading the Into the Blue book too. I didn't realise how much influence Michael Boyle had on the save the lido campaign. And to think i used to annoy him with loud music when I was his neighbour. oops.
As of this morning, I'm now the proud owner of another season ticket. All thanks to Clara and a great birthday present! Just been sitting in the garden reading the Into the Blue book too. I didn't realise how much influence Michael Boyle had on the save the lido campaign. And to think i used to annoy him with loud music when I was his neighbour. oops.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty certain not as A) they seem to be talking about "wet" changing rooms and "dry changing" rooms and B) - there's no suitable exit from the gym as far as I can see. But I could be wrong. I reckon it will be an issue though - there'll be plenty of gym users who'll want to have a sauna after a cold swim for example.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Exactly my thoughts.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I wonder if I get the early swim season ticket, if I can then use it at other fusion pools? hmmmm.
Can you buy season tickets already?
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
I think I'll get vouchers....I really enjoyed my early mornings there but it's only viable if I have a bike to take with me or I spend hours walking. Have to get my broken old one fixed up - leave anything else in Brixton for the day and the teefs would have it.
Hope to see you some mornings! Where's eme
?
Hope to see you some mornings! Where's eme
?
Tricky Skills
Well-Known Member
Of course it's going to be cold on Wednesday! And for the next month, I'd wager. At least there are hot showers this year, which wasn't the case until towards the end of the season in '07.
Um, see you there at 6:45?
Um, see you there at 6:45?
snowy_again
Slush
I have every intention of being there. My intentions may go bad, but at least I've found my motivation again.
Do I need a hat?
I glanced at Bear Grylls, or whatever his name is, on telly last night, swimming across Patagonian glacial lakes and thought, 'Bet you can't do brockwell lido in May'...
Do I need a hat?
I glanced at Bear Grylls, or whatever his name is, on telly last night, swimming across Patagonian glacial lakes and thought, 'Bet you can't do brockwell lido in May'...
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
There are notices all over the gym with "the rules" for gym users using the pool...
Basically no one will be able to go for a swim then a sauna without first getting dry and dressed, leaving and then re-entering - which is kind of what I thought would happen. Slightly annoying really because I'm unlikely to bother with all of that just for a sauna - but then I guess they can't really do it any other way.
Shame, a sauna straight after a cold swim would've been nice.
Basically no one will be able to go for a swim then a sauna without first getting dry and dressed, leaving and then re-entering - which is kind of what I thought would happen. Slightly annoying really because I'm unlikely to bother with all of that just for a sauna - but then I guess they can't really do it any other way.
Shame, a sauna straight after a cold swim would've been nice.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Yes.. I went sea swimming on January 1st and again at the start of April (for 10 days). Having a (as thick as possible) hat really helps - as do swimming gloves/socks. I didn't have gloves, but I did have footwear. It was really hard without a hat.
wjh
Bill
What about the other way around? Hot sauna then plunge into the cold pool
Very Finnish.
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
hmmm... I don't have a hat... it's going to be pretty cold isn't it? I might wait til you've been and given a report
Will you have to pay twice then?
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
That's really annoying.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
no.. we don't pay at all because we have membership. (so we've already paid iyswim). It does say no "readmittance".. I'm assuming this means that we can't wander in and out and not that we can't go 2x in a day.
i am sure btw that members of fusion will be allowed to walk in and out with a pair of flip flops and a dressing gown. as long as you don't splash water everywhere running in and out straight from the pool.
oh i soooo can't wait. but it will have to get hotter for me again weatherwise until i dare the first dip into the water.
does anyone know if the nice kiosk will be there again this year. as this one made my days and mornings at the lido even nicer.
oh i soooo can't wait. but it will have to get hotter for me again weatherwise until i dare the first dip into the water.
does anyone know if the nice kiosk will be there again this year. as this one made my days and mornings at the lido even nicer.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
no.. that's just it.. i'm a member of Fusion and it's been made very clear that we can't go from the pool straight into the gym without drying and dressing first.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Try it and see.. I'll be in a wetsuit and I'll definitely have a hat - no gloves or shoes though.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Funnily enough, now the hour is at hand, it doesn't seem nearly so tempting
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
OMG.. it was beautiful! I wore my wetsuit and I found it really quite warm - towards the end getting very warm. There were tons of people without wetsuits and they were saying it was pretty chilly though. I'm going to have a go at the weekend without the wetsuit and see what's what. If I can do as many lengths as I want without it life will be much easier not carting it about!
The old cafe is back open, but Paddy and Casey are not running it which was a bit
. It looked ok - a bit basic - but apparently they're very keen for people to give feedback so they can provide what's wanted. To be fair, they were hardly going to stock it up to the brim on day no. 1!
There are now 4 outdoor hot showers as well as the indoor ones.
Saw a lot of familiar faces, had a good chat. Many Fusion members did dry off and go to the sauna - but you do have to leave by the turnstile, out into the park and back in through the entrance to do that. I don't suppose I'll bother on work days when in a rush, I'd rather have a cup of tea and watch the water.
Come down everyone - the water's lovely!!
The old cafe is back open, but Paddy and Casey are not running it which was a bit
. It looked ok - a bit basic - but apparently they're very keen for people to give feedback so they can provide what's wanted. To be fair, they were hardly going to stock it up to the brim on day no. 1!There are now 4 outdoor hot showers as well as the indoor ones.
Saw a lot of familiar faces, had a good chat. Many Fusion members did dry off and go to the sauna - but you do have to leave by the turnstile, out into the park and back in through the entrance to do that. I don't suppose I'll bother on work days when in a rush, I'd rather have a cup of tea and watch the water.
Come down everyone - the water's lovely!!
