I used to play waterpolo at Portishead. Open-air pool, all year round. It was heated by bringing hot water from the power station in tankers.

rayb wrote:I used to play waterpolo at Portishead. Open-air pool, all year round. It was heated by bringing hot water from the power station in tankers.

The lido is still there. The council closed it years ago, then one of those "community fix-it" programmes came over from the USA and put it back together again. It's run by a charity now, and is great for the town. No power-station heating any more though.

On a winter night, we would beat Bolt's 100m record getting from the pool to the changing rooms in nothing but our budgies.

welcome

rayb wrote:Hi Snail, I'm not a million miles from you and pick up my new SH300 on Saturday, weather permitting. Perhaps we can do some trips into Wales, meeting somewhere on the border like Hereford?

hi rayb, maybe we are in glos itself haven't done any long distances, tend to site the motorhome somewhere and explore on scoot from there.

are you Worcestershire way? we do like Evesham, Pershore, eckington bridge ride round area, brew at roadside and picnic when nice

I'm in Droitwich Snail, so not far away from Evesham.

rayb wrote:I'm in Droitwich Snail, so not far away from Evesham.

ah ok lets hope for a bright day soon then and a brew up! are you restricted to weekends or retired like us and free spirits?

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