What are you doing in there?

We received an email from Everblue, the company that opens and closes our pool. They wanted to know what the temperature of the water was, to see if it was ready to be closed for winter. So Brian popped up to the pool and rolled back the cover to put the thermometer in. Whilst he was waiting, he started to clean out the skimmers. That’s when he bumped into this little fella.

It obviously liked the water, but with the chlorine, and getting trapped in the skimmer, he would have had a difficult time, so Brian took him out and dropped him in a damp part of the garden.

The temperature showed the pool was almost down to 12°, the magic number for wintering. We contacted the company back and they arranged to come to us on Friday.

Hoorah! The pool is closed again, and safe for another winter.