I Really Fancied A Swim Today,

but in London Fields Lido in Hackney, East London, I would have been told "it is to wet!" if there was a brief burst of rain, you have got to be kidding! but no it is a fact! one swimmer said: 'It was difficult to believe that what I was hearing was serious, the idea that it could be too wet to swim seems almost incredible, but that was what they were actually saying.' Hackney Council, which runs the Lido, said swimmers would be warned at the earliest opportunity about possible rain-related closures, a spokesman (Hackney council are so politically correct, why do they keep saying spokesman when clearly they mean spokesperson?) said: 'In exceptional circumstances the pool may be required to be closed in order to protect users' safety, 'For example, exceptionally heavy rain or foggy conditions can distort the clarity of the water, restricting lifeguards' visibility and their ability to keep swimmers safe.' Conservative MP Patrick Mercer said: 'This rule is ridiculous and the ultimate example of risk avoidance, if we continue down this mad path of mindless health and safety rules it will get even worse, there's no common sense and this is just a continuation of the growing nanny state that prevents people from doing more and more things.' a raft of contentious health and safety rules have been introduced at swimming pools during recent years, many now insist that anyone taking more than two children under eight for a swim must be accompanied by at least another adult, it means that a parent of three young children is not allowed to take his or her family swimming, meanwhile, managers at the Crystal Palace National Sport Centre in South London barred the public from swimming in half of the pool's eight lanes amid fears lifeguards may not be able to see them properly, the rule was introduced despite senior staff reporting they had never experienced that kind of problem, and retired civil servant Alan Treece, 64, was ordered out of Erith Sports Centre in Bromley, Kent, in 2006 for breaching health and safety rules by diving into the pool, guidelines required swimmers to gently lower themselves in instead, well that's it then! swimming in the sea only for me when I go back to the UK!