Tue, 1st May 2012
Last week, I was musing over how long it would take to fill the 160 cubic metres that make up Wotton Pool. The answer was approximately 3 days! And we didn’t even borrow the recent deluge of rainwater. The next question must be, how long will it take to heat that freezing water?! Wotton Pool [...]
Tue, 17th Apr 2012
The 28 April at 2pm is engraved on the minds of the Charity now running Wotton Pool. It is the opening day and there has been much going on and much to go on. The pool has had a big makeover… new copingstones, new paint and some very exciting fishy-coloured underwater lights. But there is [...]
Wed, 4th Apr 2012
Sunshine, showers, and industrious building sounds are becoming characteristic of the final month preceding the opening of Wotton Pool for the summer swimming season. Wotton Swimming Pool Ltd are determined that Wotton Pool continually improves, without loosing its rustic, individual charm. The recent 20 C heat wave would have been perfect for opening day, but [...]
Wed, 5th Oct 2011
After last week’s heatwave, the month of September could have almost redeemed itself. After a mostly dreary month, it is so frustrating to see the sun out and shining, and thermometers shooting up to 25 C. We could certainly have done with a bit more enticement into the pool in September. Swimmer numbers did struggle [...]
Wed, 5th Oct 2011
Well this is it Wotton swimmers. The final week! You’ve got until Sunday 25th at 1600 to dash up to the pool and have your last swim of the summer! It has been a hugely successful season; we’ve worked harder than ever before, and got a lot of satisfaction too. The new management structure has [...]
Wed, 7th Sep 2011
It’s September and Wotton Pool is still open! The bigwigs and smallhairs at Wotton Swimming Pool Club have done their sums, got their light meters and graph paper out, investigated temperature trends and weather statistics of previous autumns; all this, to come up with the calculation to extend the season at Wotton Pool this year [...]
Sun, 21st Aug 2011
How far have you got so far in the summer swim challenge? I haven’t made as much progress as I’d hoped in the first week of August, so perhaps getting to London in a month is a bit of a big ask. I haven’t yet lost all hope though. Swimming the distance to London is [...]
Thu, 4th Aug 2011
Last week I mused over the gold medal winner for the top Wotton Swimming Pool moment of the season so far. It did of course go to the opening day, April 30th as it was such a triumph for all involved. Perhaps it is traditional to increase the excitement by saving the gold medal for [...]
Thu, 28th Jul 2011
May and June have both splashed by, and we are paddling close to August too now. It seems appropriate to stop and tread water for a bit, catch our breath, and have a look back at how things have gone so far. Certainly, we have had some problems this season, but we are learning all [...]
Wed, 27th Jul 2011
If anyone would like to watch the Ladies vs Gentlemen race at this year’s gala, a video of it can be viewed on YouTube by following clicking on this link here.
