This morning we decided not to go to the boot sale, we have had quite a lot of rain this week and Darren has a nasty cough. So I checked the timetable for the pool and decided to go and try a general swimming session. But  first a couple of pictures from last night.

I left for the pool at about 8.45 am. The Teasmaid cafe has reopened and is now dual purpose eatery.

I walked through the park on my way, very still and quiet at that time on a Sunday morning.

That picture had the swan boat in, the next one if of a swan that came over to see if I was going to feed it and even stretched through the railings to see if my feet looked tasty. Then off it went when it realised my bag didn't have food in it.

I went up the really steep hill to the pool today, was out of breath at the top but didn't stop to rest on the way, which is an improvement I think! There were two guys waiting outside, so I asked them whether it got busy and also talked about how I really don't like the laned sessions Another man turned up, then it was evident they all worked at the pool. The timetable I had was wrong and they didn't actually open until 9.30 am today. They let me wait in the cafe area and I was looking at the pool. There were covers on then both when I arrived.

Watching the covers come off was interesting, the large cover on the mail pool was taken up onto a roller electronically.

On the smaller pool they rolled them off manually. Then the pool was almost ready for action.

They did some other chores, then they let me in, for the first eight lengths I swam I was the only person in the pool! Then a family of four came in but I just swam up and down at the edge. By the time I was getting out a couple more families had arrived. When I was changed one of the guys showed me the gym, quite small but it has the basic equipment in there. My membership includes the gym, so I will ask the physio tomorrow if using the exercise bike there is a good idea. My ankle and knee are a bit sore today, but thought I would take a walk down to the front, I haven't been doing that for a while now. I had a drink sitting on the wall and then had a walk on the beach with my shoes off, which was really nice. The tide was well out and I walked to the waters edge, but no paddling this time. Took a couple of pics, was lucky with the second one.

Had a pretty lazy afternoon, watch a Frost and some tennis. Then cooked up a couple of the Hello Fresh meals for out tea. Will write a couple of letters this evening. Hospital again tomorrow.