Soldato
I can’t swim. Anyway I’m allergic to whatever material they use in swimsuits.
Good job my schools didn’t have swimming lessons/trips to the pool.
People who complain about "cold" swimming pools on holiday.
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Good job my schools didn’t have swimming lessons/trips to the pool.
Soldato
Never use them, can't due to the chemicals. I always swim in the sea on holiday.
Indoor pool was 27C this morning , outdoor pool Sherringham beach was 20C over weekend - several folks had wetsuit tops;
Did anyone mention that maybe gen a have become soft, don't have the cold water resilience of their forefathers,
besides if you are not actually swimming, and moving around (more exercise than manipulating your phone) you get cold faster in the pool,
however with increase in average UK fat insulation that should help ? do our EU friends complain, too, about unheated pool temp.
Did anyone mention that maybe gen a have become soft, don't have the cold water resilience of their forefathers,
besides if you are not actually swimming, and moving around (more exercise than manipulating your phone) you get cold faster in the pool,
however with increase in average UK fat insulation that should help ? do our EU friends complain, too, about unheated pool temp.
Man of Honour
When I go abroad the locals (our EU friends) are usually wearing coats and long trousers.
What's hot to us isn't to them.
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It's not that common, but it happens enough that many first aid courses cover it.
About 400 peaople die every year from the shock response after plunging into cold water. Most are male, under 30 and reportedly good swimmers.
WAID | National Water Safety Forum
www.nationalwatersafety.org.uk
My son died from cold water shock - but others don't have to
Fiona Gosling's son Cameron died after jumping into the River Wear in County Durham on a hot summer's day.
news.sky.com
Celeb outdoor swim craze took our loved ones lives after 'cold water shock'
THE lockdown-fuelled craze for wild swimming has led to a rocketing number of deaths from drowning, the Sun Online can reveal. Deaths have risen by 14 percent in the space of a year with many dying…
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Yeah, in rivers and lakes.
Not in swimming pools.
Not in swimming pools.
Man of Honour
Wrong, I helped with a lad in his twenties in a pool in Malta, (update Mrs says it was Sharm).
Nobody was using the pool because it was too cold, I watched him go in and waited for him to quickly come out like everybody else but he didn't.
I then screamed he was in trouble but two blokes beat me to him and there happened to be two Nurses sunbathing.
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Following on from SGF above, ^this is precisely why the council got the SJA to stand by at their local outdoor pools during hot weather. Some had lifeguards, but most were not as widely trained in first aid and certainly none had their own fully-kitted ambulances.