The choice was getting wet or getting wet. I opted for the wet but warm option rather than the wet, cold and wind swept option!
So 1m done at the pool including 2 goals being achieved and some board work. I said a while ago I wanted to be able to do 20 lengths non stop DONE and 10 lengths of front crawl non stop DONE!! So happy pixie.
Used a different pool today as I wanted to see about lessons for Gnome. It was a nightmare to locate the car park and once I found it, it was full to the brim with cars circling for spaces so I drove the 200m down the road to the free parking and nabbed the last space there instead!
The pool is old so not pretty or ponced up but it is clean and in good repair and they do Saturday lessons and Gnome can start this week! OK so he then has 2 weeks off but how good is that! My other option was the pool near work and a possible start mid February! So just need to get the OK from Gnome and a commitment to get out of bed for a 9:30 lesson every week until March (he will miss 1 week at half term mind). Given he wasn't going to have lessons up until about a month ago I think this is a good thing! Especially as he gets badges!
This afternoon is his school play (hence I am off work today) and I was going to stroll there and back but we have a drop or two of rain! If it stops in the next 20mins I will walk if not it's the car which will annoy me in a way as it's only in the village so I may just say sod it get wet and tell Gnome to get wet too! He was swimming today too so has a towel with him!! he-he I am such a harsh mother!
So 1m done at the pool including 2 goals being achieved and some board work. I said a while ago I wanted to be able to do 20 lengths non stop DONE and 10 lengths of front crawl non stop DONE!! So happy pixie.
Used a different pool today as I wanted to see about lessons for Gnome. It was a nightmare to locate the car park and once I found it, it was full to the brim with cars circling for spaces so I drove the 200m down the road to the free parking and nabbed the last space there instead!
The pool is old so not pretty or ponced up but it is clean and in good repair and they do Saturday lessons and Gnome can start this week! OK so he then has 2 weeks off but how good is that! My other option was the pool near work and a possible start mid February! So just need to get the OK from Gnome and a commitment to get out of bed for a 9:30 lesson every week until March (he will miss 1 week at half term mind). Given he wasn't going to have lessons up until about a month ago I think this is a good thing! Especially as he gets badges!
This afternoon is his school play (hence I am off work today) and I was going to stroll there and back but we have a drop or two of rain! If it stops in the next 20mins I will walk if not it's the car which will annoy me in a way as it's only in the village so I may just say sod it get wet and tell Gnome to get wet too! He was swimming today too so has a towel with him!! he-he I am such a harsh mother!
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Can Gnome actually swim?
are these improver lessons?
frags I will need to buy him his own swimbling towel so he can have them sawn on apparently!
that brings back memories of my personal survival medal thingies-do they still do those
These are distance badges mind!
LOL at blowing up the pyjamas!
and surface dives head first and feet first, the 50 lengths
treading water with legs only
we didnt wear goggles in those days and my eyes were SO red
ahhhhhhhhh-hapy memories