A free public pool, minutes from our door, though in 40 degree heat (felt like 44), the air conditioned car was essential. At the entrance sat an overheating policeman and in the sparkling turquoise pool were plenty of boisterous kids. It was great, except for poor J, who's tummy ache meant water play was not top of her agenda. The faint whiff of weed passed my nostrils, adding an edge to it all.
