Summer time and the living is easy! .. and the pool water  is LOVELY (22 degrees, so come along and   COOL DOWN  after a hot day and ENJOY!

Come on down to Jesus Green Swimming Pool this Saturday 4 July between 6pm and 8.30pm for a mellow summer evening of music, community song, swimming and picnicking at the 11^th annual Talking in Tune Sing and Swim for Water Aid, one of the highlights of the Cambridge Summer Social Calendar! Bring your kids, grannies, pals and come and hang out for a couple of hours in the finest lidos of the land. The weather forecast is for golden evening sunshine after a hot day.

We have a great evening line up for you.

Musicians include the Andy Bowie Jazz Trio, Tom Ling, Ranjan Vasudevan  and Pete Towers with his amazing sink guitar who will all  play summer music to us as we swim and picnic. (Swimming to live music is an experience not to be missed!) Singers from  ReSound and Good Vibrations Choir, Global Harmony Community Singers, Milton Road Primary School and Shout Aloud  will sing poolside and the evening will end with a poolside community singalong of Summer and Watery songs with backing band, with lyric sheets provided.

Tickets cost £7, (£5 concessions for people on a low income, £3 for school age children) at the door, or phone 01223 573288, email talkingintune@ntlworld.com to beat the queue.

Bring along your picnics (no glass bottles please), swimming kits, rugs and blankets; Yummy Home-made cakes and snacks will be on sale  for WaterAid .  The pool cafe will also be open. Inflatable crocodiles, whales and dolphins etc   are welcome and synchronised swimming and singing will be encouraged!

Please note: the pool will close for public swimming at 5.30pm on the day.  If you are already there, and wish to stay sitting poolside (the pool itself will be swimmer-free for half an hour to give the staff a break) , you are welcome to do that – we will come and sell you tickets !

Access to clean water is something we take for granted here and this is a chance to acknowledge this and celebrate the fantastic atmosphere of Jesus Green  Pool. All the musicians are playing for free and, all the proceeds will be donated to fund Water Aid, providing access to clean water to families and communities in Ghana and Malawi.www.wateraid.org/uk

Better are once again organising a pre-opening dip on Friday 8th May between 5pm and 7pm to which all regular swimmers are invited.

For the 92nd Season Jesus Green Lido will be opening on Saturday 9th May at 10am with FREE Swimming from 10am until 6pm on the first day for all participants.

Jesus Green Pool filling starts

Better have started to fill the pool this morning so, hopefully, by this weekend the pool will be full, giving it a full week to bask in the sunshine & warm up 🙂

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I did an inspection of the pool today 🙂 The painting is going well and they are hoping to fill the pool towards the end of next week.

Even better news is that Better have now installed the missing set of steps, as suggested by myself, at the Mens shallow end 🙂 although the slats are missing they hope to complete by the opening.

Even better  is that Better have now created Christopher’s idea of a wet weather shelter by reversing a few of the changing cubicles. They have chosen a few of the ladies ones adjacent to the vending machines, which I guess will quickly fill up with kids on the warmer days. Although usually when it is cold & wet only us regulars are there 🙂

So yep Better listen and even better they ACT..

Also it looks like the 3 pool idea, cafe outdoor gym and sauna may also happen in years to come. If cash can be found…

Jesus Green Lido is opening on Sat 9th May, 10am-6pm the mayor will be down to open JG for the 2015 season with free swimming all weekend!

— Jesus Green Lido (@JesusGreenLido) March 27, 2015

Cold water is so much better when you can sit in the sauna afterwards! Coming soon for the 2015 season #sauna #warmth pic.twitter.com/ugHOG1rLsW

— Jesus Green Lido (@JesusGreenLido) March 27, 2015

On 22nd January this year I attended with about 25 others An Evening of Ideas for Jesus Green Pool organised by Better & The Council at the Wesley Church.

Proposals were handed out all with the theme of dividing the existing 100 yard pool into three. Giving a 50 metre unheated pool, a 25 metre pool (could be heated?) and a kids 10 metre wet area (fountains, pool etc.) Other ideas floated were moving the entrance  to the lock keepers end with maybe an integrated cafe / fitness area. Other ideas were a sauna etc etc.

I think the council were pleasantly surprised by the lack of hostility to the proposals although, obviously, there were many concerns. Especially of fixing existing maintenance issues! eg showers, smells etc

Here are the plans handed out at the evening:-

Jesus Green Pool – Current

Jesus Green Pool – 3 pool proposal

Friends of Jesus Green Pool Winter Lunch Party

will be on

Saturday 10th January 2015 at 12.15 until 3pm

at

Little St Mary’s Parish Centre, Trumpington St, Cambridge CB2 1QG (next to Peterhouse).  

The venue is the same as last year.  Enter via the gate on Trumpington St or via Little St Mary’s Lane. As you enter the north porch of the church, the entrance to the Parish Centre is facing you.  We shall put a notice on the door.  Do not be put off by the scaffolding around the church! Please bring food and drink to share as usual.