After our last lido the previous day we found accommodation at the Stafford Court Hotel for the night. I had rung ahead and Rob had promised us a lane to ourselves at 7.30am. Unfortunately, he had misheard me and thought we wanted to swim in the indoor pool and not the outdoor one attached to the leisure centre. When we arrived at the pool, the lady supervisor was very helpful but could not provide us with the necessary lifeguard at that time. We made a quick revision of our plan deciding to go back to our hotel and eat a hearty breakfast. We were promised that we could swim at 10am instead and she was true to her word providing the lifeguard especially for us. I know I keep saying it but we have met some wonderful people on our travels. The pool was again what you might call freeform so we decided to swim our customary half hour.