The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

After a night's lay-over at the Weston-super-Mare Premier Inn, it's off down the M5 to Spreyton - luckily catching only a bit of the front-end of a 26-mile queue of slow-moving traffic. Almost immediately, we're then off to Chagford to witness the re-opening of the Chagford Lido, renovated thanks to local enthusiasm and Lottery money. These were also the photos that nearly weren't, as the camera they were taken on was "borrowed" by a small person and left in Grandma J's garden, prompting much searching and even a "lost camera" note in the Spreyton village shop. Luckily it was found later in a corner of Grandma J's garden.

next album: A Visit to Okehampton Castle and Dartmoor, Devon - 28th May 2016
previous album: The BSCC at the Wortwell Bell, Wortwell, Norfolk - 26th May 2016

Isobel and Fred in the room, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Isobel and Fred in the room

Harry's got 'reserved' on his head, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Harry's got 'reserved' on his head

Fred get's a syrup-loaded short stack for breakfast, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Fred get's a syrup-loaded short stack for breakfast

Harry stuffs something chocolatey into his face, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Harry stuffs something chocolatey into his face

Fred goes 'hurrah' for hotels, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Fred goes 'hurrah' for hotels

The boys run around, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The boys run around

There's a vague attempt to clean teeth, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

There's a vague attempt to clean teeth

Harry does some last-minute bouncing, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Harry does some last-minute bouncing

We check out and head to the car, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

We check out and head to the car

The Hobbs Boat, and Weston Premier Inn, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The Hobbs Boat, and Weston Premier Inn

The front end of the epic queue on the M5, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The front end of the epic queue on the M5

At Grandma J's house, the boys get a hug, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

At Grandma J's house, the boys get a hug

Harry peers over a kitchen worktop, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Harry peers over a kitchen worktop

Some curious calves peer over a fence, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Some curious calves peer over a fence

The crowds assembled outside the pool, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The crowds assembled outside the pool

A photo is set up, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

A photo is set up

Grandma J leans on a post, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Grandma J leans on a post

The pool is officially opened, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The pool is officially opened

The paparazzi move in, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The paparazzi move in

The Chagford pool committee, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The Chagford pool committee

It's almost like the Bahamas or something, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

It's almost like the Bahamas or something

The committee gets ready for the first swim, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The committee gets ready for the first swim

Fred gets out of the 'heated' freezing pool, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Fred gets out of the 'heated' freezing pool

Grandma J and Harry hang out, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Grandma J and Harry hang out

Grandma J and the gang, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Grandma J and the gang

The lifeguard team pose for a press photo, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The lifeguard team pose for a press photo

The Chagford lifeguards, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The Chagford lifeguards

Grandma J chats with Harry, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Grandma J chats with Harry

Harry gets a cuddle, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Harry gets a cuddle

Grandma J with Harry, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Grandma J with Harry

Fred and Mother, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Fred and Mother

Fred blows on his free mug of hot chocolate, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Fred blows on his free mug of hot chocolate

The lifeguards again, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The lifeguards again

A line of ants crawls up a plant pot, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

A line of ants crawls up a plant pot

Fred runs along a wall, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

Fred runs along a wall

The Chagford changing rooms, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The Chagford changing rooms

The lane to Chagford, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

The lane to Chagford

We load up for the short drive back to Grandma J's, The Grand Re-opening of the Chagford Lido, Chagford, Devon - 28th May 2016

We load up for the short drive back to Grandma J's

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Isobel and Fred in the room

Isobel and Fred in the room

Harry's got 'reserved' on his head

Fred get's a syrup-loaded short stack for breakfast

Harry stuffs something chocolatey into his face

Fred goes 'hurrah' for hotels

The boys run around

There's a vague attempt to clean teeth

Harry does some last-minute bouncing

We check out and head to the car

The Hobbs Boat, and Weston Premier Inn

The front end of the epic queue on the M5

At Grandma J's house, the boys get a hug

Harry peers over a kitchen worktop

Some curious calves peer over a fence

The crowds assembled outside the pool

A photo is set up

Grandma J leans on a post

The pool is officially opened

The paparazzi move in

The Chagford pool committee

It's almost like the Bahamas or something

The committee gets ready for the first swim

Fred gets out of the 'heated' freezing pool

Grandma J and Harry hang out

Grandma J and the gang

The lifeguard team pose for a press photo

The Chagford lifeguards

Grandma J chats with Harry

Harry gets a cuddle

Grandma J with Harry

Fred and Mother

Fred blows on his free mug of hot chocolate

The lifeguards again

A line of ants crawls up a plant pot

Fred runs along a wall

The Chagford changing rooms

The lane to Chagford

We load up for the short drive back to Grandma J's