Woman's Weekly Living Series

Meet the LIDO LADIES

Sashaying up to the side of the pool in their fluffy robes, Jessica Walker, 59, and Nicola Foster, 58, beam from ear to ear. Every morning, at 6am, they head to Charlton Lido in London for a swim.

You’d be hard-pushed to miss them. Usually, Jessica is sporting a flamboyant swimming hat, adorned with coloured flower petals; and while Nicola might look more serious, with her goggles at the ready, they’re both full of smiles and cheery greetings for fellow swimmers who recognise them from the news, or their Instagram page.

‘We’ve been swimming together in lidos since May 2019,’ Jessica says.

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