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Well, I guess the old dears have earned their right. more than most, to have a mid-pool coffee morning natter, and fair play to them for keeping up at least some sort of exercise regime, and I'd be loathe to begrudge them that. Just need to know how best to avoid them along with such other...

Simple rule of thumb is never get in a pool full of old dears with the cauliflower hair. They hold coffee-morning natters mid-pool and for some reason assume that is a normal thing to do.

Good point, well made. I'm a member of Withdean gym so I get free swimming thrown in at the Prince Regent, but I'm thinking an off-peak day pass at a swanky business hotel with a decent pool may be the way forward.

Anybody know the ultimate quiet period, if indeed there is such a thing, for the Prince Regent? I've tried 7.30am but that's full of gung-ho poor-technique lane-thrashers who direct a veritable tsunami towards the lanes either side of them. Where's the sweet spot in the day when the pool is...