Feature Photo, Destination-Faversham Lido
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These reports are by Lido Friends who have taken a trip to swim in other Lidos and open-air pools around the country.
These trips are not organised events. Any Friend can send a report with photos of their day enjoying a swim at another Lido. So please do.
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2026 Destination Swims.
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Paul Chapmans Hampshire road trip July 2026
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Paul Chapmans West Sussex & Hampshire road trip July 2026
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Kay Collins Devon Lido trips, June 2026
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Paul Chapmans six lidos West Country road trip
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2025 Destination Swims
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Isabel Knipes Cruise to Iceland
September 2025
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Paul Chapman’s Road Trip to Heckington Community Pool Lincolnshire
August 3rd 2025
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Paul Chapman’s Road Trip to Abbey Meadows Outdoor Pool, Abingdon and Riverside Park & Pools, Wallingford Oxfordshire.
July 22nd 2025
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Paul Chapman’s Road Trip to Metheringham Swimming Pool, Lincolnshire.
July 11th 2025
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Paul Chapman’s Road Trip to Chipping Norton Lido & Woodstock Open air Pool Oxfordshire
June 30th 2025
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Jeanne Butler’s Cotswolds trip continues with a swim in Cirencester Open Air Swimming Pool
June 17th 2025
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Jeanne Butler’s trip to Gloucestershire and a swim in Cheltenham Lido.
June 16th 2025
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Mike Henchy’s swim in Sibson Lake Stibington
June 16th 2025
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Jeanne Butler’s trip to Hampshire and a swim in Lymington’s Sea Water Baths.
June 2025
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Kay Collin’s Road trip to Penrith Cumbria visiting four pools.
June 10th & 11th 2025
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Paul Chapman’s Road Trip to Lincolnshire to Bourne Pool
June 10th 2025
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Paul Chapman’s Road Trip to Bedfordshire to Eversholt Pool and Woburn Lido.
June 3rd 2025
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Jeanne and Kay’s Lido Trip to Kent
May 2025
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Kay Henson’s Easter trip to Stade Nautique d’Avignon France.
Saturday April 19th 2025
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2024 Destination Swims
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Paul Chapman’s Trip to Chesham Buckinghamshire Oct 2024
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Paul Chapmans Trip to Lymingtom September 5th 2024
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Caroline Hawkin’s trip two Pells Pool in Lewes. July 2024
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Jeanne Butler & Kay Collin’s Lido road trip around the Cotswolds
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Paul Chapman Road Trip, Ware Priory l Lido. June 2024
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Paul Chapman Road Trip, New Matlock Bath Hotel Lido. 22nd May 2024
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Jemma & Joe Keegan Road Trip, Hinksey Park Lido May 2024
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2023 Destination Swims
This next section of Destination Swims are in a different formate. They are a cracking read from the author’s online blog and are write ups of his ‘Dippy Swims’ around England. The author is Andy Lowings is a member of the Friends of Peterborough Lido, who swims regularly in Peterborough. Clicking the link will take you to his Blog page. https://dippytales.blogspot.com/
Dippy Tales by Andy Lowings
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Paul Chapman’s Fifth Road Trip, Richmond and Covent Garden October 4th 2023
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Paul Chapmans Fourth Road Trip, Faversham, Kent. 1st October 2023
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Paul Chapmans Third Road trip to Hull. September 25th 2023
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Paul Chapmans Road trip to Sea Lanes Brighton, September 2023
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Paul Chapmans Swimming road trip to Bath & Newbury August 2023
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Jeanne and Kay’s Lido trip to Somerset June 2023
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2022 Destination Swims.
Paul Chapmans 5th Lido Road trip July 2022
Paul Chapman’s 4th road trip, the third during June 2022
Paul Chapman’s second June Road trip, in the Cotswolds.
June 2022 Paul Chapman’s epic Scottish road trip.
May 2022. Ashby-De-La-Zouch Lido by Paul Chapman.
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2021 Destination Swims
Our Lido swimmer Paul Chapman has been out and about again this summer. Seven road trips to different 19 different Lidos around the country. Read his experiences below.
Lido Road trip number one May 19th 2021
Lido Road trip number two. June 2nd. 2021
Lido Road Trip number three June 9th, 2021
Lido road trip number four June 16th, 2021.
Lido road trip number five June 28th, 2021.
Lido road trip number six. July 5th, 2021
Pauls road trip number 7 . August 2021 Droitwich, Nantwich and Dotshill Quarry
Two more road trips from Paul, August 2021
Road trip 8, Northcroft Leisure Centre Lido, Newbury, Hinksey Outdoor Pool Oxford & Wycombe Rye Lido, High Wycombe.
Road Trip 9, Brightlingsea lido Essex & Beccles lido Suffolk
As the Covid19 restrictions are slowly lifted, many outdoor pools are still closed, Wild Swimming has been the only option for some in the Summer of 2020.
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There are all reports from 2019. Many are open all year round so If you’re missing the Lido why not take a road trip