Nice people thread

lostinrates

chucky wrote: »

i've never been and probably won't be going

george michael allegedly frequents the place - it;s not for me

Never seen him there either...tbh, I think he'd be dissapointed with much of what might be on offer...

sss555s

lostinrates wrote: »

I'ma huge fan of wild swimming...

The thought of that made me :rotfl: Lir


Sjay. Have you finished that bottle yet?

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

The thought of that made me :rotfl: Lir


Sjay. Have you finished that bottle yet?

why? (shrug smilie). Its wonderful.

Davesnave

Mr.Smith wrote: »

I always enjoy your posts, always interesting.

Why thanks! Just the ramblings of an old git, really. Not as concise as yours.:o

lostinrates

Davesnave wrote: »

Why thanks! Just the ramblings of an old git, really. Not as concise as yours.:o

I love your posts.

sss555s

lostinrates wrote: »

why? (shrug smilie). Its wonderful.

I hadn't heard of wild swimming before but the image i had was a lot of flapping and not getting very far.

chucky

lostinrates wrote: »

I love your posts.

i love his posts more

lostinrates

sss555s wrote: »

I hadn't heard of wild swimming before but the image i had was a lot of flapping and not getting very far.

lol, depends how strong the current is I guess. Really its swimming in real water...(with the illusion of) chemical free, and often the way nature intended...therwise in whatever you walked there in. some people wear cossies.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

sjay, I really hate to tell you this after the above post but I think we might be going on holiday in may....

because we've been offered one for which the only cost would be flights/car hire...:o

If its any comfort, it will feel a bit like devon to DH as its in Tuscany....

We had a lovely holiday in Tuscany, stayed in a villa near Asciana near to Sienna. Lovely countryside, amazing views, lots of wine and not many people.

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

I like the hampstead ponds, but the thing it, the best ones are the single sex ones, and I want to swim with DH.

I'm a huge fan of wild swimming...its my favourite sort...not that keen on pools tbh...too..people-y. I love rivers.

My Dad lived near Hampstead Ponds as a lad, swimming there just after World War 1.

I'm afraid I only went to free night time rock concerts on the Heath, but I remember being up there, watching the satellites going over and seeing what looked like the whole of London spread out below. It was a magical summer '68.

We had an official swimming place in the river down here in Devon when I was a lad, but it closed due to the activities of older teenagers than me, who organised a 'club' in the changing facilities. I know folk were doubly shocked because Convent girls were involved. This was just after the Lady Chatterley trials, so public opinion encouraged the Council to bulldoze the wooden huts flat.

With the main swimming place gone, my age group swam in a deepish pool further upstream. It was while swimming there that I found my Virgin Mary/St Christopher double lucky charm that's gone with me everywhere for the past 50 years. Wasn't too lucky for the person who lost it in the water there though!