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After a short drive (again aided by the satnav), we arrived at the pool. This lido is set in lovely parkland and next to a caravan and camping park so must be well used, not only by the locals but visitors also. Being a spa town, we didn’t take the waters but I suppose we did in a different sort of way. The friendly lady receptionist called the pool manager and we were quickly welcomed to use the facility. He was a young chap who had previously worked at Skegness. Unfortunately Skegness was not opening until 27th. June so we will need to swim this lido later in the summer. The weather had brightened and we swam our mile in glorious sunshine. The bonus was that we had a lane to swim in only populated by one lady swimmer. We were to meet a a very different challenge later in the day.