Bristol Henleaze Swimming Club

I now have the cards for the first weekend of the Gloucester Blocks at GL1 and Kelly Longdon or I will get them to you next week at club. The warm up schedule has been posted on the Gloucester County Blocks web site and can be found <here>.For those new to the Blocks and GL1 I give some instructions below and if you have any queries please feel free to contact me.

Brian Guy.

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 Gloucester Leisure complex (usually referred to as GL1)

 Bruton Way

 GL1 1DT.

One suggested route to GL1 is to take M5 North to junction 12 then head for Gloucester on the A38. After about 3 miles take a right turn at traffic lights onto the ring road. Follow the ring road for about 2 or 3 miles, crossing several roundabouts and ignoring signs for the city centre until you reach a set of traffic lights in a shopping area with stores such as Currys and Staples. Turn left towards the city centre on the A4302, Metz Way. Follow this road, passing the ASDA superstore on your left, to traffic lights at a T junction where you turn left into Bruton way. GL1 is a short distance along on the right hand side. This is a dual carriageway and you need to go through the first traffic lights before you can do a U turn to get back to GL1. There is parking at GL1 but it fills up very quickly, On Saturday the best place to park is the railway station since it is £2.50 all day (well it was last year) however this does fill up and if you are swimming in the afternoon it may be best to use one of the pay and display car parks behind GL1. To get to the station - after passing ASDA turn right at the T junction towards city centre on Bruton Way and it is on the right hand side it is well signed, easy to find and a few minutes walk from GL1. To get to the pay and display car park go towards the station and instead of turning right into the station turn left and follow the signs. If you are short of time it is possible to drop the swimmer at the door then find somewhere to park. On Sunday parking is free on the streets and car parks around GL1 but the station still charges.

The journey should take about 45 minutes from Bristol and there is a map on the GL1 website. Please be warned that there are speed cams on the ring road (40 mph) and one near ASDA (30 mph).

On arrival swimmers should post their card, (the posting boxes are at the entrance to the changing rooms) if the card is not posted then you cannot swim. Then get changed and make your way to the poolside and look for the BHSC coaches/Chaperones. They will supervise your warm up, make sure you know when your event is and generally look after you.

Parents should make their way to the spectator area upstairs.

Swimmers should bring a drink and some food (there may be a long wait for your event so pack a snack as well as something for after your swim). Don’t forget your kit and any spares (goggles etc.) you feel you may need.

Good luck to you all.

Brian Guy.