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[Deleted member 1258]

I'm more a fan of the latter as opposed to the former Besides, my only working bike is a roadie.

I'm 65 and not a fan of water, I did badly when they tried to teach me to swim as a small boy. Now I'm retired I have time to try again, to over come my dislike of water and finally learn to swim, its been a major challenge and I've done well so far.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Have you managed to go out of your depth, Dave? That's the bit that I just can't do, ever, it makes me panic. Like you I had bad experiences being 'taught' to swim when I was at school, and have never really been able to get to grips with it since.

Not yet, I have to reach a set standard before they will let me, I'm not looking forward to it but I will if they let me. There was a school class in before our class and I was watching the school children doing there first time at the deep end, they are well organised when they do that.

 

[summerdays]

Thanks. I cycle with an adult swimming teacher, and she is insistent that she has never had a failure. I'm not at all convinced that I wouldn't be her first, or even whether I want to bother trying to be honest.

Whilst you might never be a convert to swimming (it's not my favourite hobby either), it is one of those useful skills to be able to float and be calm in the water. Why not give it a go and see if she is right..... or prove her wrong (one of my friends is a swimming instructor too and loves the water but not bikes.... I can't convince her that they are brilliant!)

 

[Gravity Aided]

Mrs. GA is a brilliant swimmer, haven't seen her near a bicycle since she was about 22. At that time, she walked her Schwinn Stingray Fairlady into the garage when we moved. I had to borrow it once to get to work.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Whilst you might never be a convert to swimming (it's not my favourite hobby either), it is one of those useful skills to be able to float and be calm in the water. Why not give it a go and see if she is right..... or prove her wrong (one of my friends is a swimming instructor too and loves the water but not bikes.... I can't convince her that they are brilliant!)

Yes, one of the things that has been hard to learn is being calm in the water, I was doing one of our floating exercises this morning and was pleased with the way I calmly sorted it out when it went wrong.

 

[raleighnut]

I'm 65 and not a fan of water, I did badly when they tried to teach me to swim as a small boy. Now I'm retired I have time to try again, to over come my dislike of water and finally learn to swim, its been a major challenge and I've done well so far.

Same here, 'drowned' twice (dragged out of the water and pumped out) as a young child.

 

[postman]

All the things i am useless at my two kids are brilliant at.So glad.

Now i have just gone looking for my camera charger ,photos tomorrow,in my drawer.Guess what i found still in it's cellophane wrapper, yes a 26 x 1.5 inner tube,forgot i had it.So a brand new spare for the ride on Thursday,just incase the puncture fairy hits me.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Same here, 'drowned' twice (dragged out of the water and pumped out) as a young child.

An orrible experience, I can fully understand you being reluctant to go back in the water. It happened to one of our neighbours once when she was a child and she's the same.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Same here, 'drowned' twice (dragged out of the water and pumped out) as a young child.

Sounds horrible. If that had happened to me, I'd never have gone near the water. As it stands, I'm one of the few people I know of capable of sailing(I don't have a boat) that can also swim. I had swimming lessons from when I was a toddler, as is traditional over here.

 

[TVC]

Yes, one of the things that has been hard to learn is being calm in the water, I was doing one of our floating exercises this morning and was pleased with the way I calmly sorted it out when it went wrong.

You have got the key to water confidence, calmness and staying relaxed. Everybody knows that humans float, but accepting that you are going to float is a totally different matter and I can understand why many people can't get the confidence to go out of their depth and let the water carry them. Good luck with your lessons.

 

[postman]

As a teenager two lads i knew asked mre to go swimming at Meanwood Road baths,i enjoyed it,until they both dived under the water grabbed an ankle each and pulled me under.After surfacing,distressed i got out and never went back.I was 21 when i took Council lessons at the International Pool in Leeds Best thing i ever did,not a great swimmer i try not to go out of my depth,but i enjoy holidays with a pool now.aged 67.

 

[TVC]

As a teenager two lads i knew asked mre to go swimming at Meanwood Road baths,i enjoyed it,until they both dived under the water grabbed an ankle each and pulled me under.After surfacing,distressed i got out and never went back.I was 21 when i took Council lessons at the International Pool in Leeds Best thing i ever did,not a great swimmer i try not to go out of my depth,but i enjoy holidays with a pool now.aged 67.

I learned to swim in the International Pool in Leeds. I assume it has gone by now.

 

[postman]

I learned to swim in the International Pool in Leeds. I assume it has gone by now.

Demolition began in the autumn of 2009. The walls to the western face of the centre were removed first, followed by the walls to the eastern side, leaving only the roof standing upon its support columns, and internal structure. These remains were subsequently demolished.


Panorama of demolition
Following demolition the site has not been redeveloped and since 2010 has been operated as two surface car parks by Leeds City Council.

 

[Reynard]

I can swim, but not very well. Much better at backstroke than any of the others.

Took up fencing at school to get out of swimming. I guess the idea of poking people with swords appealed to me more

 

[GM]

A traffic jam on my commute home, Bl**dy egrets....