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Having completed three lidos in the morning, we headed back to our base in Wanstead. After a good lunch, we were ready to tackle two further lidos in the afternoon, this time letting the train take the strain. We arrived at Holborn only to walk like headless chicken for some way before finding out we were headed in the wrong direction. We eventually found the place hidden away behind a huge multi-storey building. The Oasis was run by a leisure company and the lady at reception quickly called Danny, one of the pool supervisors. He was wonderfully helpful and said he would sign our form when we had completed our mile. We used the one provided lane and somehow, the other swimmers suddenly disappeared when they saw Mr.Splashy and his “Dad” start swimming. When we got out, we chatted to Ali the pool supervisor who insisted, between whistling through his teeth at some youngsters, that we swam at Swiss Cottage where his company ran another outdoor pool. It was not on our list but we will have to come back and do that one.