All The Swimming Pools REVIEWED – Oasis Leisure Centre, Covent Garden
Published on 13 June 2022 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Better, Camden, greater london, swimming
An outdoor swimming pool in the heart of central London.
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Every cloud has the potential for a silver lining
Published on 4 March 2022 in Life, covid-19, cycling, exercise, swimming
Recently I was thinking about Covid-19. Hey, it’s the kind of thing that you can’t escape thinking about. And I began to wonder if there was anything positive that came out of it for me personally. And I thought of five things. Here they are.
All The Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – Tameside Wellness Centre
Published on 8 November 2021 in Life, Active Tameside, All The Swimming Pools, swimming, Tameside
Denton's swimming pool was where I learned to swim. But in recent years it's 1970s pool was shabby and a mess. Cue a brand new and impressively swanky replacement facility, the Tameside Wellness Centre.
Some utterly pointless charts about the Covid tests I’ve done since September 2020
Published on 1 November 2021 in Life, covid-19
Seeing as I had a log of all the Covid tests I have done, I decided to create some charts to visualise the data. Why? Because.
All the Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – LifeLeisure Avondale (revisited)
Published on 26 August 2021 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Greater Manchester, Life Leisure, Stockport, swimming
Some time ago I visited Life Leisure Avondale and reviewed it. And as it's had a bit of a revamp, I went back and reviewed it again. Because this is the content the internet has been crying out for.
All The Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – the new Active Hyde
Published on 19 August 2021 in Life, Active Tameside, All The Swimming Pools, Greater Manchester, swimming, Tameside
Nearly forty years after its last proper swimming pool closed its doors, Hyde - the town I grew up in - now has a brand new six lane swimming pool. When the venue of my normal Monday swim was abruptly closed, I booked in and went to check it out.
Reflections on another difficult school year
Published on 27 July 2021 in Life, covid-19, school
On returning home after a recent school run, I started wondering. Which school year had been worst? 2019/2020? Or 2020/2021?
12 February 2020
Published on 12 February 2021 in Life, covid-19, London, trains
The last time I went to the office. The last time I went to London. The last time I went on a train.
A tale slightly tenuously linked to Burton’s Menswear
Published on 1 December 2020 in Life, school, shopping
The news that Arcadia Group, owners of brands like Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, and Burton Menswear, has gone into administration, reminded me of something. Actually it reminded me of many things. But my Top Man chenille roll neck jumper, whilst fantastic, isn't worthy of writing about. The metallic silver trousers, probably are, but that brings about a whole other conversation.
All the Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – Life Leisure Cheadle
Published on 23 October 2020 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Greater Manchester, Life Leisure, Stockport, swimming
A 1973 built 33.3m swimming pool that's rather annoyingly, not quite close enough to my house.