Swimming Pools

You woul dhave thought that in a country that is surrounded by water that there would be a swimming pool facility for all to enjoy. There is one - GASA. It's easy for me to sit here with a communal swimming pool on our roof , why should I care? For one thing, there's no way you can use an open air swimming pool in the winter months which is at least half the year, and in any case it's a pool for adults, so not much fun for the little ones. So I went in search for an indoor pool for kids and adults that the whole family can enjoy. I was delighted to discover that there was an indoor swimming pool in Gibraltar and that it had children's pool too. I eventually made some enquiries and found out that its use is somewhat limited. The summer months are reserved for OAPs and the disabled. From around september onwards you have to complete a form and go on a waiting list. The same applies for kids swimming lessons. They start from 3 years onwards and you have to apply about a year in advance as that's how long the waiting list is! The worst thing for me was to find out I couldn't go and use the kids pool. Apparently there is some kind of mother & toddler session being organised and they were going to call me back about that. i still havent heard anything. Even if they did have them I wouldn't expect they would cater for working mothers. It all seems quite peculiar to me, as a country with only about thirty thousand people (and a large proportion of that non-residents), why limit use of the only indoor swimming pool. Perhaps it all seems so strange because I come from London where I am used to having access to most community facilities immediately. Unfortunately looks like I may have to extend my search to the near by town of La Linea, Spain.