CULTURE EDITION
Water was pumped in from the river and swimmers would complain about the little fish in it!
“Everybody who comes here feels that it’s special, which is why the book is so full of wonderful stories. We all love and value it. There’s just something very unique about swimming outside and seeing the lime trees change with the seasons. “For me, it’s an enchanted place,” adds Annie, who once swam here with her mother, then her daughters and now with her grandchildren. “I like the idea of pushing through these old-fashioned
turnstiles into another world, where the air feels different and you can breathe.” The lido is open all year round, even attracting swimmers in neoprene booties and woollen hats in the colder months. “One year, we had to break the ice,” says Becky. “I didn’t go in that day! But there’s the sauna to warm up in, hot showers and the cafe for hot drinks. We get all sorts of people in winter – some in wetsuits, others in bikinis – ours is a very broad church.”
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