The sheer size of Tooting Bec Lido is the first thing that strikes you when you stand at its edge…
Browsing: Swimming
The line outside Hampton Pool moves slowly on a warm Saturday in Bushy Park, with kids pulling at the gate…
On a Saturday morning, you can hear a certain sound at any public pool: the squeak of tiny fingers grappling…
A certain type of British summer afternoon culminates in someone getting drenched on a grassy bank with a towel draped…
Every May, a little ritual takes place in homes all over the nation. From the loft, suitcases descend. Flip-flops from…
In a British backyard, there’s a certain sound that heralds summer and it’s not birdsong. It’s the slow groan of…
Every weekday I keep seeing this scene in suburban driveways and apartment lobbies: parents looking at the time, children half…
At six in the morning, there’s a certain quiet inside a public pool. The lifeguard drinks coffee from a paper…
On a Saturday morning, you can see them if you stroll by any community pool. Bright pink and electric blue…
There is a certain time in almost every public pool in the country, usually around 7 a.m. on a weekday.…