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We’re Faversham Swimming Club’s New Sponsors!
Great news here at Simply Swim! We’ve been named as the new official sponsor of our local swimming club. Faversham Swimming Club is a fantastic volunteer run organisation with over 300 members, who range in age from 5 – 85 years old. The indoor pool is open all year round, with an outdoor pool open throughout [...] -
Lidos
We all complain about the English weather, pretty much every day. But in the Spring and Summer in the UK the weather isn’t always as bad as we make out! Millions of us hit the beach every year, but if there’s no beach near you what can you do to stay cool and comfortable and [...] -
The Blue Lagoon, Iceland
October 2008 I visited the amazing country Iceland and discovered my all time favourite place to swim and relax – The Blue Lagoon. This place really is as luxurious as the name sounds. You can swim, bathe and relax in the Blue Lagoon with no hassle, no noise, just peace and quiet. The first thing that strikes [...] -
Swimming Lane Rage
The Problem I am pretty sure I am not alone in getting irritated when trying to swim lengths in the “swimming lane” to encounter slow swimmers. I am no athlete in the water but I can swim a reasonable pace, so why do people insist on swimming an incredibly slow breast stroke or even worse find [...] -
Swimming in unheated pools
Whilst recently on holiday in Southern France the campsite we were staying at had a fun pool complex plus an unheated pool. The unheated pool was a standard rectangular shape ideal for swimming lengths, whilst the other pools were obviously not designed to actually swim in. Initially I steered well clear of the unheated pool but [...] -
Wave Machines
One of the very earliest wave machines that I know of was installed in a pool in Kilmarnock in Scotland, just after the first world war, this was a mechanical flap device and from what I am told it was designed and built by engineers in a Clydeside ship yard. Over the following few decades wave [...] -
Singapore Skyscraper Rooftop Pool
When there’s no room to build a pool outside a hotel, we know that they tend to build them on the rooftop… But this masterpiece in Singapore is definitely one worth shouting about. The Marina Bay Sands Skypark Hotel has created this magnificent infinity swimming pool. Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, this high-rise hotel has a [...] -
Mother Gives up Work to Swim the English Channel
In aid of the Royal National Life Boat Institution a mum of two is training hard for the mammoth task that is swimming the English Channel next month. The 35-year-old, Chantal Carr from Edmonton has given up work to carry out the intensive training regime to set her up for the tough 21-mile swim through one [...] -
How cool? The Largest Pool in the World…
In January, not long after it’s opening, this 1,013 yard long swimming pool was named the biggest in the world in the Guinness Book of Records. So if you like doing laps in the swimming pool you may want to think twice before embracing this one. At over 1,000 yards long the swimming pool covers 20 [...] -
Where Have All The Lidos Gone?
When the UK sun finally decides to shine, there’s no better way to cool off and enjoy the hot summer sun than splashing and lounging around in your swimwear by the swimming pool. For those of us who aren’t fortunate to have their very own back garden pools, a trip to the local outdoor pool [...]