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Council sparks row as it starts charging people £7 an hour to swim in harbour

HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,861
edited February 2023 in The Rail

Mayor Marvin Rees defended the swimming charge and claimed the council “listened to people’s requests for a safe swimming space”


https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/council-sparks-row-as-it-starts-charging-people-7-an-hour-to-swim-in-harbour/ar-AA17TewO?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=a11068ac01da4f81a69b59785c3931a1&ei=25
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,649

    @HAYSIE


    "Lifeguards, safety vessels and water testing on hand."


    Considering the Council has to pay for these, & only 80 people at a time can use the facility, £7 an hour does not sound unreasonable to me. Everyone wants everything for nothing these days, but someone has to pay for the safety costs. "Entitled" is not, it seems, confined to poker players.

    PS - what is the relevance of the 'photo of the chap in the high-vis vest? What has he got to do with it?


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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,861
    Tikay10 said:


    @HAYSIE


    "Lifeguards, safety vessels and water testing on hand."


    Considering the Council has to pay for these, & only 80 people at a time can use the facility, £7 an hour does not sound unreasonable to me. Everyone wants everything for nothing these days, but someone has to pay for the safety costs. "Entitled" is not, it seems, confined to poker players.

    PS - what is the relevance of the 'photo of the chap in the high-vis vest? What has he got to do with it?


    Mayor Marvin Rees defended the swimming charge and claimed the council “listened to people’s requests for a safe swimming space”
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,649

    @HAYSIE

    Bravo Mayor Rees. If they don't want to pay the £7, go swim somewhere else. There are many thousands of miles of beaches in the UK they can use for free.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,861
    edited February 2023
    Tikay10 said:


    @HAYSIE

    Bravo Mayor Rees. If they don't want to pay the £7, go swim somewhere else. There are many thousands of miles of beaches in the UK they can use for free.

    One person wrote on Twitter: “The absolute state of this country that: a) we’re being charged to swim in the d amn sea.

    “b) we have to do sampling to make sure the water isn’t too full of sewage before swimming.”

    Another questioned how “safe” the water was, writing: “I don’t know about nowadays but back in the 90s the harbour was notoriously polluted. As a kid I was under strict instruction never to touch the water.’’
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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,686
    Tikay10 said:


    @HAYSIE

    Bravo Mayor Rees. If they don't want to pay the £7, go swim somewhere else. There are many thousands of miles of beaches in the UK they can use for free.

    True, however the area around Bristol is notorious for incredible tides and currents. The Bristol Channel itself has one of the, if not the, biggest tidal ranges in Europe and that aligned with shifting sands which create undertow and rip tides create very dangerous swimming conditions.

    The nearby beaches of both the Severn and Bristol Channel are therefore very unsafe and it's perhaps unwise to offer this as a suggestion.
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