Why aren’t people going swimming - am I missing something?

[MyNameIsNotMummy]

So another boiling day today and my local pool (only one for miles around in a large town) was virtually empty! I was quite happy as it meant DS and I could have a lane to ourselves but I was surprised more people don’t want to go swimming in this weather. It was the same on Thursday and last week on another boiling day.

CV is inactive in chlorinated water and I just make sure to take anti bac wipes to use on lockers, door handles and the bench in the changing rooms, with lots of hand sanitizer of course.

Am I missing something about swimming in the current climate?

I see it as a rainy day activity. They are always quiet on hot days

Our pool is only available for public pre-booking into 3 double lanes and each lane "space" has to be booked. The problem is that there are not many sessions available due to the need to catch up swim lessons and our local club. I'm a club member so I guess I'm okay - very lucky that we are able to train.

Quite a few pools near us have flexible floor depth including an 8 lane 50m pool too.

All of our pools have adjustable floors at least partial width. it’s really helpful for littlies swimming lessons (stops them drowning and lets them stand still and listen to the instructor instead of flailing around or having to grip onto the side). Also useful if the pool has a session for participants with disabilities. I think there are a couple of other uses too... pretty common now.