KnittyNorah
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Thanks for your inspiring reply! I am also v short sighted which has done nothing for my confidence in water over the years! Really appreciate your response and I will keep you updated on my progress.
Yes, having thought about it many many times since that wonderful Easter weekend which I will never forget, my main barrier to swimming was definitely my dreadfully poor eyesight. In later years I would either wear contact lenses and goggles (this always for sea swimming), or go into a pool for gentle lengths wearing my glasses (with a rubber grippy thing so I wouldn't lose them even if they fell off).
Not been swimming for a few years now as I lived too long in hot climates to enjoy. or even tolerate, the clammy, chilly, chlorine-perfumed pools of the UK ... might go to Greece next year and enjoy some swimming in a more suitable environment!
I do hope you succeed in your quest - and even if you never become an 'expert' swimmer it doesn't mean you can't enjoy it! I was never a very good swimmer really but my goodness I enjoyed it!
ETA I have been stopped by pool attendants in the UK when going into the pool wearing my glasses. I ask them if they have regular sessions for the blind and visually impaired and if not, why are they discriminating against a disabled person? Sometimes they would mutter about 'glass' and I would ask if they thought the sort of glasses worn during sporting activities were actually glass.
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