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Posts Tagged ‘Tooting’
Tooting postcards
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
PDF London-Brighton bike ride
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Cyclists on the London to Brighton bike ride passing through Tooting this morning
Watching them cycle past up Garratt Lane this morning is as near as I got to taking part, but it’s on the to-do list.
Seren-dip-ity
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Message from Neptune
I found this Haiku-length aphorism written on A4 copier paper lying on the bench in the changing cubicle after my morning swim at Tooting pool this morning. I don’t know who left it there or why, and how they managed to keep it dry, but it seemed like quite a nice Thought For The Day.
The best reflections
are there
When the wind
Water, and
you are quite
still
Tooting skies blue again
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Tooting sky, Feb. 20th 2009
The wonderful weather yesterday put everyone in a good mood. This was the first sky like this I’ve seen in a long time.
Swimming in the rain
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Tooting Bec Lido early morning...
There’s nothing like it. If you’re slightly mad, you might want to run outside in a rainstorm like they do in the films. But in Tooting (at the Lido), you can go completely bonkers and swim in it, and as experiences go, it’s one of the most exhilarating I know. Especially at a time before most people have even woken up. This morning, it tipped down, and I’ve never been so glad to see rain.
Tooting Bec Lido
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Pond on Tooting common, 7.45 a.m. 31.08.08
Despite the warnings of thunderstorms, made it to the Lido this morning for 8 a.m., determined to become a cold water swimmer, at least for a day. With a 90 metre pool on your doorstep, it’s mad not to take advantage of it.
What a fantastic place. That’s not it on the left, by the way, that’s just the pond en route – there was a beautiful mist over the common which was lifting so I had to take what I could before it went.
I made 4 lengths of the pool before we were chucked out for fear of boiling to death if lightning struck, but met some nice people for breakfast in the café. Early morning cold-water swimmers seem to be the nicest people in the world. Definitely going to keep trying, and may even join the nutters who swim through the winter.
Tooting Chariot Festival 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008Every year on the August Bank Holiday this wonderful procession leaves the temple at the end of our road. I finally got my act together and took my video camera. It won’t make it to Cannes, but it gives you an idea…
