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It doesn't sound perfect but personally I'm just glad to see an open water swimming venue opening up, how often does that happen?
Agreed. I'm just a grumpy old man. I'll almost certainly make a trip to Beckenham Park even though it's miles from me.
There is a campaign to Revive Wild Swimming in Broomfield Park - https://www.spacehive.com/broomfield-pond-swim-society
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It doesn't sound perfect but personally I'm just glad to see an open water swimming venue opening up, how often does that happen? So many good open water swimming locations ban swimming or it happens unofficially. Unfortunately the reality is that if Lewisham Council let it be more relaxed and someone had an accident they'd probably get sued to high heaven.
I do agree 'wild' is a stretch though.
Also, I love the frankness of Cllr McGeevor :)