I haven't stepped into the water to swim for 5 years and even more. that's so sad as I used to go to the swimming pool when I was a kid and liked it loads.
It's such a pain in the neck to go to swim a bit in the local pool - you have to visit a doctor to pay him to write you a note that you're healthy (or to walk through all the doctors by yourself and have all your day went down the plughole), than that water that is cleaned with chlorine that makes your eyes rat-like red, swimming cap disfiguring any human head in various proportions... and moreover you pay for it!