Well...........since before November last year i could never swim and i never thought that i would. The thought of joining a swimming course sounded embarassing and i imagined the class would be full of children. Luckily my boyfriend Matthew had the patience and determination to teach me.
Within an hour of getting in the pool (and my first lesson ever!) i managed to swim unaided from the shallow end of the pool to the deep end. This was a major achievement. I have since been swimming nearly every week since that day and can now do the breast stroke and back storke. I completed over 30 lengths on Sunday night and can move underwater, though staying under is difficult! My regular pools are Blackwater at Maldon, Larkfield leisure centre and for fun and flumes Colchester leisure world.
Maldon is good because Sunday evenings is adults only, Larkfield has a great layout, the leisure pool and fitness pool are seperate this means that you don't get people playing around in the fitness pool.
Hey, that's excellent, Justina. :-)
I'm really pleased for you. Swimming is a life-skill, once learnt, never diminishes unless you become unfit or loose strength.
I'm just waiting for you to announce your first sponsored swim which I think would be wonderful... perhaps you might raise money for a well-deserving cause?
J