: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:34 pm  

I refuse to go swimming in the pool at Richard Dunn's, however if a new pool is built across the road and it costs the same or more to use I'd be there like a shot, and I'd be fit as a fiddle in no time.

I believe there are thousands like me.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:44 pm  

Asim wrote:

I refuse to go swimming in the pool at Richard Dunn's, however if a new pool is built across the road and it costs the same or more to use I'd be there like a shot, and I'd be fit as a fiddle in no time.

I believe there are thousands like me.

I remembered going to Richard Dunns with the scouts in the late eighties and thought it was pretty good.

So when Barnsley Metrodome was shut one day last year and I wanted to take the god kids swimming I went there.

Not the same really.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:02 pm  

Asim wrote:

I'd be fit as a fiddle in no time.

Who are you kidding!

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:24 pm  

I think the obesity rate is similar, if not higher in Wigan (yes, pies and all that), but the PCT here have a run a project that gives ya free slimming world and an exercise class for 12 weeks... Its the reversed the obesity statistic in me and hopefully a few more, seems like a good idea! And I'm now at a nice trim 'overweight' BMI .

Swimming is free for everyone in Wigan too, which is nice, though Wigan doesn't have a pool at the moment! Having said that, has Bradford ever had a pool in the centre?

Also, after going to uni and swimming at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, every single public pool is absolutely rubbish in comparison, so I've only been once since 2006.

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:52 pm  

aj cougar wrote:

Perhaps I'm over simplifying things here, but to sum up, is it a case of if you're fat you get a new sports centre and rugby stadium?

If that's the case, what about us? Have you seen Guess Who?

The things i do for my club.