The mercury cracks 30 degrees and the only answer was to loll in water under the guise of swimming laps. Arrive at pool around 10am and quickly realise it is prime time for mothers and their children — poolside play dates — and an active aqua aerobics class. As far as pools go, Ithaca is isn’t bad by any stretch and was re-tiled last season. It served a grand purpose for what I like to call black-line-following meditation. I guess my only«gripe» was that this is far more a family pool than a grab-your-goggles-and-swimming-cap kind of pool at this time of day.