Tooting Bec Lido

All our 'official' Olympic events over with, in terms of attending free and ticketed sporting occasions (see my last three days' blip postings), I decided to get some proper sport of my own under my (expanding) belt. I made my second ever visit to the lovely Tooting Bec Lido in South London, a 100-yard long unheated outdoor swimming pool, built in 1906 and still going (a bit of a rarity in Britain these days). I had a lovely swim of about a kilometre. The water temperature was about 18 degrees Celsius and I swam most of that in my swimming wetsuit, although I was encouraged by our friend Jenny to remove it and finish my swim in just my triathlon suit, a very refreshing conclusion to the swim. Jenny writes a wonderful blog, Swimming Round London, where you can read her review of this fantastic Lido. The visit was concluded with a very satisfactory hot chocolate and a lovely chat. What could be better?