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The grey, chilly weather was turning out to be a bonus. I had the glorious expanse of shimmering water almost to myself. Gospel Oak overground, Tufnell Park undergroud.

To much fanfare, Kings Cross Pond opened in May this year. Snazzy red and white changing rooms, and lifeguards in red T-shirts add to the Instagram-friendly vibe. This is one to come to with friends. The day I visited people got in, squealed, swore, bobbed about for 10 minutes then got out.

One young girl summed up the general reaction: I hope it inspires more developers of luxury flats to spare space for open, swimmable water. It was a trek over to Charlton — I took a tube to London Bridge, a train and then a bus. A teenage girl gave me directions from the bus stop. For the first time that day the sun came out, forming a kaleidoscope of blues on the bottom on the pool. After years of local campaigning, the lido reopened in on the site of the original s pool.

London Fields or Hackney Central overground. My second day of swimming started at the Serpentine in Hyde Park, on another dingy day. Despite the plant life or perhaps because of it , the water is clean and clear and it was great to swim in the middle of a lake, as families on pedaloes glided past, and swans kept a watchful eye on me. The only downside was the lack of showers. Open 10am-6pm June, July and August. In May weekends only. Looking across 90 metres of water, lined by primary-coloured changing cubicles, always gives me a thrill.

I once made the mistake of trying to swim here in winter when it was 2C. After just a couple of minutes in the water, it took me 45 minutes to stop shivering.

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This time, the water was 18C and I was in the wetsuit so I managed to plough up and down for a good few lengths. Again I had the pool almost to myself. Streatham oveland, Tooting Bec tube. My penultimate swim was at Brockwell park - another much-loved south London gem.

The heavens opened just as I ran to the shower — also the best showers, by the way, of all 10 pools. Brixton tube and overland, Herne Hill overland. Way out west, on the edge of Bushy park and near Hampton Court, is Hampton pool.

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It started to rain while I was in the water but with the water a balmy 28C, people barely noticed. After this, my final swim, I sat on the terrace watching the people hurtle down the slide into the pool, thinking about my swimathon. What I loved most about this journey across London was how different each pond and pool is, not just in appearance, but in spirit too. Perhaps London is a city of swimmers after all.

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