Cath’s niece Hanna came round for dinner on Saturday and her partner Olivier is a dab hand at all things technical so I asked his advice about how to use the pool cleaner.
He gave me a tutorial and then proceeded to clean the pool. He showed me how to clean the filter and by the end, the pool was looking good.
So good in fact that Alma wanted to go in and join the inflatable phoque we had bought for her.
When we got up on Sunday some of the dirt had resettled so I put into practice what I had been taught and rehoovered the pool.
Afterwards it looked so inviting that I went in for my first swim.
The pool is only about six metres long so I just did four lengths to test it out.
I think if we stay on top of the cleaning it will be a very welcome way to stay cool in the summer.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 