Swimming and Writing: Virtual Pool

Friday, 12 February 2010

Virtual Pool

Speaking of armchair swimming - come for a tour of one of my favourite places - Manchester's Water Palace - the Victoria Baths. It's eerily atmospheric, n'est ce pas?!

(And I like Richard E. Grant's comment about what you could do at the baths if they were restored!!)

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Chris15 February 2010 at 07:18
I must go to see them next time I'm back in the Manchester area visiting my family.
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AquaMarina15 February 2010 at 09:35
Well worth a visit Chris. Their website has the opening times etc - March is when it all starts up again!
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Swimming Song

This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath

I kicked my feet

I moved my arms around

This summer I swam in the ocean

And I swam in a swimming pool

Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes

I'm a self-destructive fool

Self-destructive fool

This summer I did the backstroke

And you know that that's not all

I did the breaststroke, the butterfly

And the old Australian crawl

The old Australian crawl

This summer I swam in a public place

And a reservoir to boot

At the latter I was informal

At the former I wore my suit

I wore my swimming suit

Oh, this summer I did swan dives

And jack knives for you all

And once when you weren't looking

I did a cannon ball

This summer I went swimming

This summer I might have drowned

But I held my breath, I kicked my feet

And moved my arms around

I moved my arms around

Loudon Wainwright III

Swimming and Writing

Friday, 12 February 2010

Virtual Pool

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