I am deeply shocked.
I cannot understand how such a simple thing as swimming can be ignored and dismissed as useless by a lot of people.
Swimming is a fantastic way to keep fit, but apart from that learning to swim may save your life.
I do admit too, that I am not a great swimmer and tire easily, but then again I am 57 years old, and a smoker.
I do like to swim underwater, and I still manage a pool width and half before re-surfacing for air, and never used goggles in my life.
All my kids have learnt to swim through the various school programmes, and are rather proficient at it, so I feel confident about their welfare if they decide to take themselves to the baths.
I was raised in a seaside town in Italy, just south of Rome, and used to spend as much time as possible on the beach, the breakwaters, or the dock.
I failed a couple of high school exams for not turning up, I thought that the fishing was better.....
When I was there with Jet a few weeks ago, on a delayed honeymoon, zillions of memories flooded back into my mind....
So as we went into the clear and clean water, I acted my shoe size and not my age.....
