I’m back in Brighton and it feels lovely to be back. I am however homeless. I managed to rent my room out for weekdays so I can use my bed at the weekend, but not in the week. I am therefore living with Kate this week and although I love her flat it is freezing cold this week and she has chosen the weekend before I move in to remove half her hallway which intensifies the cold air blowing up the stairs.
My focus for the week is to keep my exercise levels up. Kate then informs me she is on a diet so I realise that I will also be healthy eating this week too. I plan to go swimming as much as possible as there was no public pool in Morzine and I’ve missed swimming.
I research pools and gyms in Brighton and sign up for as many free trials as I can.
Monday – swim at St Lukes pool in Hanover. This is not a free swim but I go at Ladies Swim time and the pool is quite empty save for a few older ladies who don’t stay very long. The changing rooms are filthy though and there is only one, dirty shower. Not great.
Tuesday - swim at Prince Regents in central Brighton. This is also not a free swim but I have signed up for 5 days free starting w/c 22 February. I like it here. They’ve improved the changing rooms since I was last here (about 15 years ago) and they are modern and clean with lovely showers and large lockers. The pool is a bit busy and I end up lane swimming which makes me swim faster than usual (which is a probably a good thing).
Thursday – swim at the Hilton Metropole. This is a free swim. I get a tour of the gym and the pool. The gym is small and underequipped. The pool is also quite small. On the plus side though it is almost empty. I swim for a while and enjoy the steam room but there is no way I’d pay to use their facilities.
Other things that occurred this week:
Delicious chilli dinner with Anna and Kate, had an urchin haircut, cooked a rich porcini mushroom soup from River Café cookbook, watched the old West Pier being lit up in lasers and got very cold, ate cakes and drank tea a lot, got builders in to quote on my leaking ceilings, ate sushi and researched 1940s dresses for Dad’s 70th birthday party.
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