The Dark Fat Log
When all the posh students in Sedbergh go home for the term they appear to close the swimming pool for us working classes at the weekend. And quite right, we’d only be chucking litter and going to the toilet in it without middle class supervision.
So this weekend Darwin and I went to try out Kendal swimming pool, no posh people here! We were confined to the baby pool for the first hour. Darwin and I threw things at each other (not litter or toilet stuff!) but we were limited to just that really as the pool is only about 24” deep. However, also in the pool was a ‘big lad’ who was just floating around like a fat log, and as he did so he was muttering things about killing his mother and doing the occasional swear. This made me feel un-easy. As he was just floating there was a degree of randomness in where he went, so as Darwin and I were throwing things to each other he would often float between us muttering his darknesses. Occasionally some kids would come and throw soft toys at his face which would make him slightly enraged. I was always ‘on point’ though just in case I had to grab Darwin and both of us evacuate from a blood filled pool.
After an hour we were allowed to enter the big pool where we could do some actual swimming. Darwin did some big jumps into the water and we were having a lovely time again. When we crossed the half way point we got told off a bit as only swimmers were permitted past here. After we were addressed Darwin leapt off me on to his back and swam a complete half-length to the shallow end of the pool, and then he swam back to the half way point and back again, I was amazed!
So this weekend Darwin and I went to try out Kendal swimming pool, no posh people here! We were confined to the baby pool for the first hour. Darwin and I threw things at each other (not litter or toilet stuff!) but we were limited to just that really as the pool is only about 24” deep. However, also in the pool was a ‘big lad’ who was just floating around like a fat log, and as he did so he was muttering things about killing his mother and doing the occasional swear. This made me feel un-easy. As he was just floating there was a degree of randomness in where he went, so as Darwin and I were throwing things to each other he would often float between us muttering his darknesses. Occasionally some kids would come and throw soft toys at his face which would make him slightly enraged. I was always ‘on point’ though just in case I had to grab Darwin and both of us evacuate from a blood filled pool.
After an hour we were allowed to enter the big pool where we could do some actual swimming. Darwin did some big jumps into the water and we were having a lovely time again. When we crossed the half way point we got told off a bit as only swimmers were permitted past here. After we were addressed Darwin leapt off me on to his back and swam a complete half-length to the shallow end of the pool, and then he swam back to the half way point and back again, I was amazed!
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