In 2008 Libi and Chris found a flat just round the corner from the London Fields Lido enabling them to swim outdoors all through the year. Quitting her job and becoming a student gave Libi even more time to spend at the Lido and she’s enjoyed making Pete jealous with well timed texts telling him how she’s been swimming before breakfast.
In March Chris and Libi went for their first wild swim in the River Wye. Yes March! We didn’t actually think about that until we were stood on the bank stripping down to bathers. We even got a crowd of silent spectators who refused to move on until we’d actually got our shoulders into the water. It’s possible they might have stayed longer but Libi’s customary piercing screeches as the water froze her fingers were probably more than they could bear. We’ve since learned it’s supposed to be one of the coldest rivers in the
UK and we’re not disagreeing.In April Pete ran a marathon. Even more impressive considering a knee injury meant his training was patchy in the extreme. He’s now avoiding bananas and sports drinks at all costs and looking forward to sitting alongside the course next year wearing his finishers medal and enjoying a tantalizing Bar-b-que as he waves the runners on.
June saw Pete, Libs and all the family in the sea at Ferring finishing up with ice creams on the beach and hot chocolate in the Blue Bird Café.
Chris
and Libi visited Amsterdam for a spot of cat sitting and managed to find a few dutch Lidos to visit.Over the past month we have been contacting Lidos asking for their support to complete the challenge. We’ve had a great response from many of them with the offer of reduced admission fees and offers to queue jump helping us get round the pools on schedule. Any money we save on admission fees we will be adding to the donations and we’d like to say a special thanks to London Fields Lido, Park Rd Pools, Richmond Pools on the Park, Oasis Sports Centre, Uxbridge Lido, Serpentine Lido and Hampton Heated open air pools.
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