yep it's easy  when we were kids we learnt with a flat float at school, moving our legs at first with the float held in front. Then gained confidence from there, hope you stick to it, it's great fun  I wouldn't know if it's different now, we taught our kids to swim before they went to school.

Yeah I can, it's one of the few things I can do

So unfit these days I would probably just bob about a bit then get out and have a cuppa.

Ref: Pirate,  "im getting flashbacks of the old ad-about dave-who couldnt swim"

Meet Mike, he swims like a fish. I remember that ad, Pirate.

I can swim but not very well.

Pirate, will you be posting pics of you modelling the mankini?

Swimming is great fun Pirate - you'll love it once you know how

Front and back views.


I can swim..I'm not a great swimmer and can only do front drawl or backstroke but I can swim.

*gulp* 

i can swim - but don't particularly enjoy it TBH

Yeah, like Leccy its one of the few things I can do well... I went after work tonight hactually, did 1.6k Mind you, thats only easy for me cos I used to swim competitively years ago

I can't do it well! 

I'm impressed, Saz.
One length of the pool and I'm knackered.

yes..
i've always wanted to go on a forum and post a pic of me throwing me arms about and kicking me feet like a nutter..

oops, I misread

Take some Daz and your washing 

Do you have a camcorder, 'cos video would be funnier better?

Not well.

Cruises are out for that reason.

Hang on...I can't fly well either....

Show everyone your cleavage, gwaaaan

I have just come back from the swimming pool - I did 46 lengths

It's quite a small pool

Yeah...let's see these Kylie tattoos, mixed with the Saint and....

No, I can't swim either   I used to be a great swimmer but since leaving school I've barely been in a pool but on holidays last summer it was proven that I can not swim anymore.  We shan't go into that story though.

I can swim a little - but only on my back - and only if there is nobody within half a mile of me.
Look forward to seeing the pictures pirate 

That surprises me Ella, I thought it was one of those things that once you knew you could always do it

Yep,learned as a kid aged about 8.I basically taught myself the breaststroke.We got training when I started secondary school.I even learned life saving etc. Also diving for rubber bricks at the bottom of the deep end,what good that was I don't know.

I have lots of medals and medallions for swimming skills and life saving all earned in a swimming pool. In 1999 I attempted to swim in the Baltic Sea off the old East German coast. The results were disappointing. I haven't done any swimming since through sheer fright.

Oooh I thought so too Saz!  Maybe if I would go more often I'd pick it up again but I was mortified after the last attempt so won't be tryin it again in a hurry!

Yeah, I'm not sure what all that was about either

I love swimming it is the best excercise to do without feeling any pain hopefully I will be going soon again.. cant wait

cos bodies sink so you need to be able to dive down and get em. .in your PJ's, for some weird reason I never fathomed tho

I prefer swimming in the sea. .pools bore me and in the sea you can swim around bays and find coves not accessible from land. .tho a boat would help you do that too. .

Me too - especially med blue sea with a snorkel & mask - amazing sights to be seen

yeah the med is, well was last time I was there a long time ago, a great place to swim and also see the underwater goings on too.. plus with no tide there was non of the icky seaweed stuff..


from what I've heard tho there's a lot more poo down there now than there used to be

 Ewwwwwww!

Who does that

not who, tis a what,  I think. .tis the sewer outlets in some countries. .straight to the sea and with no tides you get the plus of not a lot of seaweed but also not a lot of taking away of poo an stuff and replacing with fresher water 

Oh! Dawlish had one of them outlet pipes by one of it's beaches - the flies used to walk cos they was to high on the fumes to fly !
Thankfully it has been extended further out to sea

I can't swim either.
I've got a phobia about water thanks to the compulsory school swimming lessons when I was a child - the stupid instructor pushed me in.


I've had 3 lots of adult swimming lessons since I left school but I just can't get over the fear and take my feet off the bottom. I've tried everything - hypnosis, "happy" pills, even getting drunk before the swimming lessons - but nothing cures the terror.
I've given up now. I know I'll never swim so I've got to live with it.

One of my sons is afraid of the water too, no reason to give, he just is

you mean you never had the torture pleasure of being taught as a child with a rubber ring and inflatable womble arm bands?    You missed out mate 

I even got my bronze, silver and gold survival medals  (laughs are remembering swimming in pyjamas) 


I love swimming but don't go nearly enough 

I used to be a good swimmer but as I've gotten older I'm more fearful of water. Especially deep sea water. I'm ok in the local pool though. I'm taking my wee man soon. I've been told to just let him go when we're in the pool and he'll instinctively tread water

No, I can't swim.
Was just beginning to get the hang of it when I had the brain tumour op.
Have been unable to pick it up since. Even though I did do all the school swimming trips.