The Pool.....

[woofmarkthedog]

We, my two boys & myself went swimming at the re-opened pool at Crystal Palace 10.30-12.00pm. One other Dad & daughter there in the small shallow side pool, the water was perfect, sun flooded in & lit the pool up in some areas. It was quite magical. The building has a certain eastern european feel architecturally & I'm quite taken with it's skeletal interior.

Very quite, very pleasant.

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[Keef]

I thought this would be about Liverpool.

[woofmarkthedog]

Funilly no, but I had lambs liver for supper & swam in a pool today.

Weird ehh !

W**F

[bigbadwolf]

Last week I was in Crystal Palace park with my friends and I went swimming/paddling in the pond where the Dinosaurs are.

It was awesome.

[woofmarkthedog]

Really, how did you get in.

W**F

[bigbadwolf]

It was a piece of piss.

Go to the wooden bridge and climb over the rails onto the rocks. I didn't go out as far as the duck pond as apparently it's quite deep and I'd look a right prat if I had to be rescued.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

..the water was perfect, sun flooded in & lit the pool up in some areas. It was quite magical. The building has a certain eastern european feel architecturally & I'm quite taken with it's skeletal interior. Very quite, very pleasant.

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[woofmarkthedog]

Ta mate !

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[mattham]

How much does it cost to swim there? Couldn't see from the website. And is it easy to park?

[woofmarkthedog]

2 kids , 1 adult peak time (whatever that means, there was a total of 5 of us in the pool) ?6.00

Earlier in the week ?5.25

It is fair to say this venture is not run solely by business people, the times are erratic so call & check it doesn't clash with a swimming gala.

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[daizie]

Woof, does the Crystal Palace Centre still have the 3 main pools, and the Training pool ? Their website is most unhelpful not to mention the div who answers the phone. The childrens/shallow one, the lane pool and the diving pool ?

[bigbadwolf]

Just remember Daizie.....no 'heavy petting'.

[woofmarkthedog]

daizie Wrote:

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> Woof, does the Crystal Palace Centre still have

> the 3 main pools, and the Training pool ? Their

> website is most unhelpful not to mention the div

> who answers the phone. The childrens/shallow one,

> the lane pool and the diving pool ?

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Yes Dazzers

There are three pools and one downstairs at Crystal palace , though you could also include the three Lakes as part of Foxies feral swim-club experience, though Weils may taint the outdoor waters somewhat.

http://www.ratfanclub.org/fever.html

You are right they do seem to stream the "challenges" for interface with the general public & the web site is shite.

Also they have a penchant for the pull out webbing type temporary barrier, a desk clerk indicates for you to walk around a pointless barrier in an orderly fashion, then as you arrive at the requested destination they seem to engage in conversations with others for a time.

They make a face as to be listening, you say all or part of your request, they then to send you to another colleague only for you to repeat the previous request " Swimming, is it open ?" again. Drawing a blank face the first guy steps in and says exactly what you said in the first place to his colleague .

"How many persons for to swim please?"

There stands me & two young children.

"Two children 1 adult"

"How many persons is under five or five years"

"One"

"No matter I make charge for both under five"

In a perverse way I like this random but officious east european manner, I can also appreciate what driving Skodas & ladas for all those years might do to your sense of humour.

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