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And have received a not very comprehensive reply, the gist of which is that I have to join Fusion for over £50 a month, which is more than twice as much as I'd spend on single tickets. They didn't answer my question about Aqua membership.

This is really annoying. I've got Xmas and birthday coming up and would like a year's free swimming as a gift, but there isn't an adequate option to do that.

Best value would be Swimming Lifestyle membership (£33 to join, £18 a month thereafter, or £180 for the year), but that would only get me access to Croydon pools AFAICS and would be useless once CP and/or the Lido reopen.
 
RE Lambeth Leisure Card and Fusion membership...

This point was raised once again at the BLU AGM. I was unable to attend, but put forward the same question I asked the year previous, asking for what progress had been made by Lambeth.

Not much.

It's pretty poor that you have to pay twice to swim in pools owned by Lambeth.

Anyway, I asked the nice Jeremy at the Lido what the situation is. Here's the reply I got:

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Thank you for your enquiry.

We have made slow progress unfortunately in regards to a joint ticket, it is a challenge to a) establish the financial charges that we (Fusion) will have to recharge to Lambeth b) ensure that we have a swipe card that logistically works in our centre and the GLL centre.

I sincerely hope that between Lambeth and ourselves we can have this resolved in time foe next season.
 
Also to add...

I'm settling in (sort of) back at Clapham after a lovely summer at the lido. It's a basic pool with basic showers - all that I want really. No poncey changing areas or organic food on offer after the swim. Serves me fine. The water temperature is chilled (how I like it,) and the showers are warm enough to get you back to where you should be after the swim.

The closing of Clapham has also been put back from December '08 to 'sometime in the Spring of '09.' Blame it on the credit crunch! The property developers who have the right to build residential property on the site, alongside the new leisure complex, have had to 'revise their figures' of late.

Shame :p

So it's Clapham for me until Spring, by which time hopefully I will be reading a Brockwell Lido Breakfast Club 09 thread around these parts.

Eight weeks now until the Solstice swim :cool:
 
Tricky Skills said:
RE Lambeth Leisure Card and Fusion membership...

This point was raised once again at the BLU AGM. I was unable to attend, but put forward the same question I asked the year previous, asking for what progress had been made by Lambeth.

Not much.

It's pretty poor that you have to pay twice to swim in pools owned by Lambeth.

Anyway, I asked the nice Jeremy at the Lido what the situation is. Here's the reply I got:

********

Thank you for your enquiry.

We have made slow progress unfortunately in regards to a joint ticket, it is a challenge to a) establish the financial charges that we (Fusion) will have to recharge to Lambeth b) ensure that we have a swipe card that logistically works in our centre and the GLL centre.

I sincerely hope that between Lambeth and ourselves we can have this resolved in time foe next season.
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I did make the AGM and that question was put to the lady from Lambeth who promised they were working on it and also seemed really nice and quite dedicated to sorting out various Lido-Lambeth related issues (what a nightmare job that must be.... :eek::D). Jeremy and Paul also seemed positive about it. Shame that nothing's happening.
 
You've got to "love" :rolleyes: the cheek of GLL leisure ("remember, we're not for profit. Just for being shite") on their website announcement of the Crystal Palace delayed reopening


No mention of it whatsoever....until "We're pleased to display this press release from the London Development Agency", which, in it's umpteeneth paragraph, finally mentions the one thing everyone wants to know - oh yeah, the pool, the other pool, the third pool, the squash courts and everything else won't in fact reopen in December, it'll be at least April. If you're lucky."

Fucking cowardly, useless wankers. :mad:
 
HackneyE9 said:
You've got to "love" :rolleyes: the cheek of GLL leisure ("remember, we're not for profit. Just for being shite") on their website announcement of the Crystal Palace delayed reopening...

Fucking cowardly, useless wankers. :mad:
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Yep, it's the Brixton Rec refurbishing farce all over again from GLL :(

I went for a rare Rec swim this morning. I handed over my direct debit REAL card :rolleyes: and was asked to cough up. Happens every time.

"Why do I need to pay when I already pay you £22 per month on direct debit?"

GLL = useless tossers.
 
Had another lovely, relaxing swim at S Norwood today, and a chat with the desk staff about membership. She said if I joined South Norwood pool, I might be able to use all the other Fusion pools, a decision on this was under way at the moment...
 
PS does anyone other than me hate, loathe and detest the "no outdoor shoes in changing rooms" policy some pools have? It's the most inconvenient thing ever, specially when you're carrying loads of stuff and wearing lace-up boots. It wastes loads of stupid blue plastic shoe covers, and seems designed for the convenience of the management and cleaning staff, not for the benefit of the swimming public :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
I'm totally talking to myself here, I know, but... went for first swim at the partially re-opened Crystal Palace this evening. Am buggered if I can see what they've spent millions and the best part of two years on cos it all looks much the same except new changing rooms. Down to the chipped tiles, stained grouting and manky windows in the pool.
 
Any joy on the goggles front? Meant to post earlier - my advice would be to buy the most expensive pair, within reason. £15 - £20, you won't regret it. I've had a pair of £15 Zoggs for the past couple of years. Cheapo £5 goggles won't last longer than three months.

Back to pools...

The future of Clapham is up in the air again. I attended a users forum yesterday. One of the local councillors was there. She admitted that the developer has run out of cash, and a new pool may not be built at all.

I'm ambiguous to this. I've major reservations over the plans for the proposed new pool (33m pool down to 25m,mixed cubicle changing rooms.) Plan B is to revamp the existing building.

More over here.
 
Yes thanks, I got an Aquasphere mask and after some teething problems am getting on ok with it.

I hate mixed cubicle changing, they have it at Beckenham. It forces you to use a cubicle and they're tiny. There isn't really room for you and all your stuff. But then I hate everything about Beckenham.

Speaking of pool length, swimming 50m lengths again is :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
Bit of a zombie thread but...

Can anyone recommend a pool somewhere on my commute route back from Hammersmith to Crystal Palace? It makes more sense really to swim at the Hammersmith end and then do the journey when the rush hour's abated. I've got Better (GLL) swim membership still but there don't seem to be many Better pools at that end of town, with the possible exception of Chelsea Sports Centre. Anyone been there? What's Putney Baths like these days?
 
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