Rosenblatt Pool (Iffley Road)
I've been swimming regularly at Hinksey Outdoor Pool over the last couple of summers, and it's been good for me, even if I'm not a huge fan of the actual swimming! Now that Hinksey has closed for the season, I'm thinking of trying the university pool at Iffley Road. I should keep swimming through the winter, but I'm feeling a bit nervous about trying somewhere unfamiliar.
I swim breaststroke at a fairly leisurely pace and I'm slightly intimidated by the idea of swimming alongside lots of very fast, serious swimmers. At Hinksey I was too fast for the Slow lane, but generally one of the slowest in the Medium lane, and I don't like getting in people's way.
I wondered if anyone who uses Iffley Road Pool could help with a few questions:
- What's the general atmosphere like during lane swimming sessions? Is it going to be OK for my wheezy breaststroke?
- Looking at the app for booking, I can choose lanes 1-4 or lanes 5-8. What's the difference?
- What are the changing rooms and lockers like?
- I have quite poor eyesight without my glasses, so I need to know a bit about it all before I'm actually there. Is there anywhere pool side I could leave my glasses so I'm not disoriented before I need to be?
Any advice or reassurance from regular swimmers would be very welcome!