Had my first attempt at swimming in a loooong time tonight. I used to train with a swimming club when I was a kid, but packed it in when I was in my early teens. Since then, I've probably only been in a pool about five times in about fifteen years, and not at all for at least five, for various body-confidence reasons.
Anyway, on a bit of a whim tonight I cycled over to my local pool. I even had to buy some swimming shorts when I got there because the ones on the bottom of the wardrobe had no chance of fitting me. Anyway, I lost count of how many lengths I managed but I was in the pool for about an hour. Stuck to breaststroke as that's pretty much all I feel confident with - I tried one 25m length of front crawl but struggled with pacing it comfortably.
I actually really enjoyed it, even though I'm knackered now and my knee feels a little stiff. I'm going to try a few more pay-as-you-go swims between now and Christmas, then maybe sign up for a membership in the new year - I'd like to get into a habit of swimming twice a week if I take to it.
Edit: turns out Milton Road is a 33m pool, not a 25m pool. I clearly wasn't paying attention, but at least it explains why I'm knackered!