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1001 Pools


Pool Review: Laps in Lisboa (#721)
24 February 2025 My wife and I flew down to Portugal on Saturday to spend the better part of the week in the Algarve with family (who...
Feb 23, 20253 min read


Race Report: Hemel Hempstead (& pools #717 & #718)
23 February 2025 On Saturday the 15th of February, I went up to the 1st Hemel Hempstead Masters meet at the surprisingly fast (at least...
Feb 23, 20254 min read


Slothful in Slough - Pool #716
6 February 2025 I recall traipsing around Slough about twenty years ago and not being impressed. I was managing my company's global work...
Feb 7, 20252 min read


Not Fawlty in Torquay - Pool #715
1 February 2025 As part of our adventure of living in London, my wife and I are determined to see as much of this part of the world as...
Feb 5, 20252 min read


Dutch Masters - Pools #713 and 714
6 January 2025 Europe has really good passenger protections when it comes to disrupted trains, resulting in healthy refunds of train...
Jan 5, 20254 min read


Having a Blast in Basingstoke - Racing & Pool Reviews
21 December 2024 These days, I like to enter some sort of competition at least once a month. Imagine my delight and surprise when,...
Dec 24, 20244 min read


Pool Review: Palais des Sports de Puteaux - Indoors
1 October 2024 This was almost the definition of a perfect, if too constrained on time, morning biz-trip swim. I had managed to find a...
Oct 6, 20242 min read


Pool Review: Clissold Leisure Centre (#703)
25 September 2024 As it had been over three weeks since I added a new pool, I was itching to get back out there as a Pool Tourist. I...
Sep 25, 20241 min read


Another Luscious London Lido
9 September 2024 This pool has been on my London “Aquatic Bucket List” since before I even moved here as my daughter Maia had swum here a...
Sep 9, 20242 min read


Results = Reality - Expectations at Piscine Georges Drigny (Pool #694)
2 August 2024 Knowing how crowded Parisian pools are, I actively sought out 33M or 50M pools when I was in town for the first week of the...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
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