Lido 99: Brynamman Swimming Pool, Carmarthan (From Dorset Echo)
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Lido 99: Brynamman Swimming Pool, Carmarthan
4:06pm Saturday 23rd August 2008
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Diana and I started our journey from Wolverhampton to drive to South Wales leaving plenty of time to arrive at the pool by 12 noon where we were to meet Dave and Sally who had stayed overnight in
Hereford. We were well on our way along the A40 when a tyre on one of the back wheels burst and we had to pull over onto the side of the road. It was a very scary 15 minutes, which I took to change
the wheel and get us back on our way. As this was only a temporary wheel, we had to limit our speed to 80 kilometres per hour. Distracted by all this we found ourselves on our way to the M4 and
taking a more southerly route to Brynamman than originally intended. Arriving at 1pm we found that Dave and Sally had already managed to get friendly with local kids. Jackie, Cassie and Matt were
looking after the pool, which did not appear to be heated. We received a lovely warm Welsh welcome and spent a delightful hour at the pool swimming our mile and chatting to our hosts.
We were able to find a roadside café for snack. The café was run by a Welsh Italian and proudly displayed the welsh shirt as worn by Gareth Edwards a local legend around these parts. Hunger satisfied
we headed back to Dorset via Neath to change the tyre. We had now completed our 99th. pool: almost there!
