Posts about "swimming"

All the Swimming Pools REVIEWED! – Forest Hills, Frodsham

Published on 13 March 2023 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Cheshire, swimming

The entrance canopy at Best Western Forest Hills hotel

A 20m hotel swimming pool on a hill outside of Frodsham in Cheshire? But is it any good?

All the Swimming Pools REVIEWED! Life Leisure Romiley (revisited)

Published on 19 December 2022 in Life, All The Swimming Pools, Life Leisure, Stockport, swimming

The exterior building of Life Leisure Romiley

Since I last reviewed it, Life Leisure Romiley's had a revamp. So long cubicles separated by shower curtains then?

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.

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.

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.