It’s nearly two years since KLPA members were invited to the Men’s Pond for a shared breakfast, and longer still since we hosted our friends from the Men’s Pond at the Ladies’ Pond. So much has prevented us from getting together in the meantime. It is with pleasure that we send a long overdue invitation to the Highgate Men’s Pond Association to join us for breakfast on. Saturday 25 September 2021 from 8 to 10am.
There will still be some practical constraints on what we can do. The KLPA will provide croissants, and we ask members to bring their own hot drinks, as we cannot access our usual window hatch to serve drinks from the lifeguards’ office.
Our guests will be able to access swimming by using their wristbands or paying by card/cash as usual. The refreshments and social gathering will take place on the upper meadow which can be accessed without paying, if not swimming. This avoids congestion on the deck as well. The changing area for the men who are swimming will be the spillway meadow.
KLPA merchandise including mugs and hi-viz knitted hats will be on sale near the stewards hut (price details here).
This event will be an opportunity to renew our friendships with swimmers from the Men’s Pond. After a year and a half of pond closures and restricted access, we are continuing to claim back this space for our community of pond swimmers.
KLPA fund raising towards the costs of a Judicial Review, challenging the charges to swim at the bathing ponds, continues. The charges are being challenged on grounds of disability discrimination, and the claim has permission from the High Court to proceed. Donations can still be made to our crowd funding appeal here or using the QR Code below.
