Category Archives: Crystal Palace pool
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the sauna is closed, long live the sunshine
130/04/2013 by Carl Reynolds
After an hour being mildly bleached and basted in Crystal Palace we wended over to Tooting Bec Lido for some …
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again and again
721/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Up and down, up and down. Round and round, round and round. With much light pouring in it’s some relief …
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another day at the office
418/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
One of the advantages of being your own boss, is that you work when you want to work (mainly). For …
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rollin’ rollin’
1312/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Mrs Ape and I would have done our usual lido/indoor combo, but the traffic in sarf Londun this morning was …
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endless undulation
311/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Or how to learn butterfly the Shaw way. A day with Mrs Ape and four others in a basement in …
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basking
405/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Freed from the antagonism of constant work and worry, many philosophers have mused on what us humans might endulge in. …
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sun beam water
Leave a comment04/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Sun on the lido, sun sending shafts into Crystal Palace pool – a day of swimming in light. Metres and …
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terrible twos
501/03/2013 by Carl Reynolds
The weather forecast said no rain, so it was peeing it down. Met John Donald at Tooting for a cold …
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where’s the sunshine?
426/02/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Blimey, fiddlesticks and other curses. I am fed up swimming under brooding skies, with not a hint of blue, making …
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a funny old week
212/01/2013 by Carl Reynolds
Swimming indoors and outdoors is a little confusing, as I’ve not done it for ages. Prior to last week, I’d …
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