Wore these striped swim briefs at Hoo pool's over 50 swim yesterday. There are 2 different shades of brown in the stripes.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Stri...item2cd7aa1ca2
A friend said they were deckchair speedos.
The pool was not crowded but there were no obvious free lines to swim lengths so I went to the roped off lane swimming lane. The were a number of older people swimming very slowly in the lane swimming lane, it was difficult to get into the water as a couple of older guys in the pool were blocking the end of the lane just standing there. Once I'd managed to get past them and into the water I pulled my googles down, kicked off the side and started swimming breast stroke down the lane. I soon came up to the slow swimmers pulled out and over took them down the middle of the lane. As I went past them I was kicked several times and one of them called out that I was going too fast. They had no lane sense and no idea that they should stay tight to the edge to allow faster swimmers to pass.
I passed another similar convoy of slow swimmers on the way back, so again had to use the centre of the lane again. I did about 20 lengths like this overtaking convoys of slow swimmers in both directions by swimming up the middle of the lane and getting kicked less as they realised they had to move to the side. Then the 2 guys who were blocking the shallow end when I arrived were blocking off the wall completely so I had to stop and turn around short of the wall. The next time I came to the shallow end they left a small gap which I was able to touch and turn in but as I kicked off the guy in blue shorts pulled his knee across into me. When I reached the deep end someone grabbed me by the shoulder but I shook him off and continued swimming. The guy in the blue shorts was waiting for me in the middle of the pool blocking my path, I stood up and he grabbed my shoulder. I raised my other arm and called out to the lifeguard to call the police as I was being assaulted. The lifeguard came over to us and told him to let go of me. She then told him that she had been watching me and that I had done nothing wrong and that I had swum carefully and had avoided conflict with other swimmers. He said that the ladies in his group couldn't cope with fast swimmers to which she replied that they shouldn't be in a swimming lane if that was the case. He said that he was 78 and had been using the pool for 20 years, I said "So what" and she told him that it didn't make the swimming lane his property. The lifeguard told the guy in the blue shorts that if he and his friends didn't behave and stop obstructing other swimmers they would all be banned from the pool.
I finished my 60 lengths and noticed the slow swimmers gradually leaving the pool. When I climbed out of the pool I thanked the lifeguard and she told me that the guy in the blue shorts had apologised to her and that she had told him to get changed and leave before I finished my swim.
In the changing rooms I was approached by an older swimmer, he introduced himself as a former swimming teacher and thanked me for sorting out the lane swimming. The guy in the blue shorts and his friends had been treating the lane swim as their own property, had invited their new old lady girlfriends from the main pool into lane swimming making it slower and more overcrowded with frequent stops for rest blocking the ends of the lane.
I suspect that they have effectively driven anyone under the age of 70 away from wanting to take part in the Tuesday over 50's swim for several years.
The things one has to do for the Colour of the Month Challenge.