London Fields Lido

[shermarama]

Went up there for a swim this afternoon, with khalinche. When I first got changed, the pre-pool shower felt a bit chilly. By the time I got out, it felt boiling hot, and this was ace. I think the single oddest thing was doing backstroke and realising that it was hard to stay in a straight line with no ceiling.

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[(Anonymous)]

旅行にいきたい。

if you want to be a recordbreaker

[blue-mai.livejournal.com]

oh grr it's too late to join up (you, not me - i can barely swim). oh well. have you seen this? Big Sync (http://www.london.gov.uk/summer-of-sport/big-sync.jsp)

Re: if you want to be a recordbreaker

[shermarama]

Oo, that sounds interesting. I've never tried synchronised swimming but I'm aware that it's bastard-hard to do properly. The try-out sessions sound like a bit of a laugh, though. Interesting to see they're also doing something with rugby skills, and specifically rugby league; there's little difference in the basic skills so this has got to be a specific promotion effort for league. The sadly outdated dig at union, 'come and try-out with the *professionals!*' is another clue...

As a matter of interest, how comes the poor swimming? Did you never do much while young, or just never take to it?

Re: if you want to be a recordbreaker

[blue-mai.livejournal.com]

lack of practice.
i like the idea of swimming, particularly improving on it, and generally i think it's stupid not to be able to (might be necessary at some point to prevent an easily preventable death, mine or someone elses), i have a slight anxiety about it too.
i can do a pretty attractive breaststroke (no that's not a euphemism) but my front crawl looks like an ineffective puppy. backstroke is ok if there are no waves. so, my swimming itself isn't that bad, but i panic easily, and also fear panicking, because at that point i start drowning... ok in a pool it's not that much of a big deal, i'm not going to die, but it's a)unpleasant swallowing that much water and b) embarassing.