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England gets 27 new bathing sites – but no guarantee they’ll be safe for swimming
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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I lived near a small artificial lake that was that was a popular unofficial outdoor swimming location. But the local authorities were always trying to keep people out. It eventually became a bit of a party spot and there was a couple of drownings, which lead to big fences and security patrols going up. Last thing I heard the place had been redeveloped into an expensive private leisure resort.
I gets there's always a balance between access and safety, but there's a real lack of free and open places in the country these days.
I think it's the fact we are so scared of death that we forget to live.
Even if we stop people drinking if we open up the country to swimming it's inevitable people will die. It's about minimising that risk not about removing that hobby entirely.
I always think about driving a car. If the risk is less that driving a car then I think let's do it. I get no fun out of driving but I think that's not risky and I do it all the time.