Speedos in the pool rule at French camp sites?

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How strict is this? DH slightly alarmed at not wearing his usual short style swimming trunks. Do they have to be little "pant type" trunks like the olympic swimmers wear? Or is it more about the fabric? Any advice welcome. Going to Chateaux les Euax in Normandy if that helps - might not even be warm enough to swim!! Thanks in advance...

no not all of em

Their website says that shorts are not allowed so any kind of swimming trunks should be fine!

I thought that the rule was to do with not being allowed to wear baggy swimming shorts. So they are meant to be tight trunks, or tight lycra shorts.

A friend of mine tells me Ashbourne swimming pool in Derbyshire has the same rule and I've never been 100% sure if he's pulling my leg or not

Why on earth???

what's the problem with swimming shorts? I've seen this too at French campsites - don't think my dh would entertain the idea of tight lycra either.

It was more swim shorts that we found weren't allowed, so I imagine any fitted type trunks, regardless of leg length, would be fine.

Well my friend says its so that any man with a stiffy can be spotted. Wheras if a bloke had baggy shorts on he could hide his excitement while perving at the girls.

See why I'm not sure if he's pulling my leg or not.

I thought it was just big baggy ones - I assumed it was so that [ahem] bits of you couldn't fall out (yuck) in which case long legged ones should be OK.

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You could hide your stiffy under the water though?

"T-Shirt and shorts, or shorts-style swimming trunks are not allowed as fibres can damage the filters." apparently...

They nave to be not shorts, but close fitting.

Not all places to check, but lots do, and it is better not to have the hasstle of buying them in France.

They don't allow shorts because people walk round in shorts all day, and they get dusty and dirty. That will affect the water quality.

No-one would spend the day wandering round in spedos (or very few people anyway!)

We stayed in Riberac once and the little municipal pool had the same rule.

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Italian camp sites have the same rule, plus swim caps.

I remeber being traumatised as a youngster going to a scandinavian indoor pool for the first time, you had to strip off in a huge open shower area and wash your bits with one of the yellow sponges. there was a huge poster on the wall showing which bits to wash .

do you think it will be the same at centre parcs in holland?

pmsl at the thought of my rather butch DH in speedos and a swimming cap. I think I may book a holiday as a lovely surprise.... hee hee hee