My life as a TV show
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
That was me in the pool earlier, yes siree. I was doing the whole ‘look at me, I’m walking upright through water!’ trick and everything.
I’m not sure why, but I was happy as Larry, or indeed Flipper, in the water today. Perhaps it was the absence of kids. Perhaps it was the absence of builders working on the construction site - this being a national holiday - which made the place much quieter than usual, despite the Chinese pop tinkling away through the tannoy system.
Whatever it was, I was leaping about and jumping through hoops and balancing beach balls on my nose; and trying to swim as far as I could underwater because I once read that Frank Sinatra used to do this to improve his breathing.
(At least one of these is true).
Goodness knows how I’m going to adjust to Dulwich Public Swimming Baths when I get back.
