Chorlton pool
Sep. 14th, 2007 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nickbarnesA traditional pool, complete with integral ceramic hand-rail, and concrete steps on which I bashed my arm (once) and my head (once). And very 'noisy': lots of chop. Also 22.4 metres long, I found out after getting out. Why 22.4 metres? I'm baffled myself, as it's not a round number in old money either (73'6"). Possibly it's a 25 yard pool (75 feet), shortened for some reason by 18 inches?
Anyway, I was there before 8 and swam 34 lengths. I was intending to swim half a mile (i.e. taking it easy to start with, as I am aware of some stiffness in my left shoulder), and added on a couple of extra lengths as the pool felt a bit short. I should have done two more. So:
761.6 metres.
Oh, and it's 2 miles each way, which is far enough to be vaguely worthwhile on the bike.
I think I'll try to find an actual 25 metre pool. I wonder where the closest one might be. The Withington pool (a similar distance in the opposite direction) says that it's 23 metres, and is in another somewhat dilapidated once-splendid Victorian building: probably a worthwhile experience but not ideal for regular swimming. The Aquatics Centre has lane-swiming - in their 50 metre pool, no less - but is 5 miles away: almost as far as Stockport grand central pools.
Update: There's a 25 metre pool at the Galleon leisure centre in Didsbury, which is 3 miles, but involves signing up for at least a month's membership. That would get me gym membership too. Hmm.
Update 2:Stretford Leisure Centre has a 25m pool, and is 4 miles.
Anyway, I was there before 8 and swam 34 lengths. I was intending to swim half a mile (i.e. taking it easy to start with, as I am aware of some stiffness in my left shoulder), and added on a couple of extra lengths as the pool felt a bit short. I should have done two more. So:
761.6 metres.
Oh, and it's 2 miles each way, which is far enough to be vaguely worthwhile on the bike.
I think I'll try to find an actual 25 metre pool. I wonder where the closest one might be. The Withington pool (a similar distance in the opposite direction) says that it's 23 metres, and is in another somewhat dilapidated once-splendid Victorian building: probably a worthwhile experience but not ideal for regular swimming. The Aquatics Centre has lane-swiming - in their 50 metre pool, no less - but is 5 miles away: almost as far as Stockport grand central pools.
Update: There's a 25 metre pool at the Galleon leisure centre in Didsbury, which is 3 miles, but involves signing up for at least a month's membership. That would get me gym membership too. Hmm.
Update 2:Stretford Leisure Centre has a 25m pool, and is 4 miles.
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swim swam swum
Date: 2007-09-14 04:43 pm (UTC)(I guess you won't need a translation as the context is a giveaway)
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Re: swim swam swum
Date: 2007-09-15 08:57 pm (UTC)Yes, Chorlton pool is heated. I'm not in training for a channel swim (although I have a friend who is considering it).