kennethw

I was told by one of the staff at Camberwell that the swimming only membership is going to be re-instated later this month.

True, Gimme. Sitting here tonight is nothing like the way it was last night, the sirens and copters have disappeared (I'm in the Gardens btw) Here's hoping for a quiet night and an end to all the nonsense.

The pool is big enough to accomodate 4 lanes rather than 3.

The swimming only membership was put in place when certain centres (Camberwell and Dulwich) were still under refurbishment, apparently. I asked about it last week. I got it last year and it's been great value for money. Have you written to Fusion about this? Let them know your situation, if enough people do this they might see there's a demand for it.

I love the pool, but they could do with having 4 lanes instead of 3 in the "lane swimming" session. It would make it a lot more comfortable for everyone, particularly if there's a lane where folk can swim freestyle only. Given that there's a lot of leisure swim time, there isn't too much need for a massive "slow lane" at these sessions. Councillor James, are there any plans to extend the "swimming only" membership? I bought that last year as it was fantastic value for money, but it doesn't seem to be advertised in any pricing literature now.

i've tried every evening session and weekend lane session. like other posters have said it can vary, but i regularly find myself too slow/fast for one lane or the other. it's not the end of the world, instead of swimming for sustained periods at a regular pace, i now do things like swim really hard in the fast lane and then relax a bit in the middle lane. i do find the weekend allocation of lane sessions disappointing, my old leisure centre at mile end would regularly have half the pool laned off and half left for leisure swimmers and families, and it's the same size as dulwich. for those of you don't mind hopping on a bus, the camberwell leisure centre has re-opened, and has a separate swimmming area for lessons and tots. it's colder than dulwich, but not as busy and the lane sessions at the weekend are longer.

There was a piece in the Metro about supermarkets finding that people had re-arranged the herbs on the shelves to spell out rude words. I went into the Co-op on Forest Hill Road tonight and someone had mucked about with the jars and had spelled BOOBS. Gutted that someone else got to do it first. :) It's a bit childish, but it's not hurting anyone and cheered me up. Anyone else see this?

i was in this afternoon and the pool seemed a bit cleaner, so the visibility was a bit better. it *could* have had something to do with the new goggles i was trying out, of course. :)

I'll be going in tomorrow so I'll have a check. I find the temperature OK, although it has cooled a bit in the last few weeks. What I really can't stand is all the bits of hair, hair clasps and plasters floating about. It's a nice enough pool and I love having swimming facilities nearby again, but a little more care would make it great. And yes, staff who enforced the showering rule a bit more closely would be welcome too.

My only gripe is with the council tax helpline, they weren't that helpful and took 2 months to reply to an email I sent them. Other than that, I think they do well. They did give us blue wheelybins in place of the small garden bins for recycling, which is much more practical for a box of flats. We had large garden bins which just took up space and lay empty before.

oh dear i nearly got run down by a rogue "176 to penge" this morning at 8am and they were still running down barry road at 9pm this evening. And a 185 to lewisham.

Aw, please come along! We'll let you be the monster raving loony! :)

Thanks everyone, I'll see about the EDT. I do have freeview, but I like the idea of watching it in a group.

Hi there, Given that I don't have SKY, does anyone know if the Election debate is being shown in any of the ED pubs this evening? Thanks Kenneth