Swimming Pools Banned

[minornut]

€1000 fine!!!!!!!

see here

[//j17]

NNNNNnnnnnnoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

[xjsjohn]

french idea of a hosepipe ban ??

[Big_M]

xjsjohn said:

french idea of a hosepipe ban ??

If it is dry they will also ban fireworks.

[//j17]

xjsjohn said:

french idea of a hosepipe ban ??

In a word - Yes.

www.lemans.org/24heuresdumans/live/pages/animations/animations_gb.html -> Water restrictions apply

"In order to preserve the water reserves and apply the water restrictions currently in force, the use of temporary swimming pools will be forbidden during the week of the '24 Heures du Mans' on all of the sites and camping areas dedicated to the event. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation."

[Moose.]

Ah crap! How are we supposed to stay cool? Guess the predicted rain will be a welcomed relief....

Edit: Actually I've just remembered, our pool is 8ft diameter. Our gazebo is 3mx3m

Edited by Moose. on Monday 12th June 13:19

[ferrari355gtb]

How do they impose a $1000 fine ??? - "not my pool officer"

[Hansgerd]

April 1st... that's a joke, isn't it ?

[neilsie]

"its not a pool Orficer, its our fridge"

[Tripps]

Fill it full of beer bottles and insist it's actually a large cooling device...

I think the way to go is just ignore it, and deny all knowledge if someone says something.

[V6GTO]

All is not lost...get down to your local garden centre and buy a collapsable rubbish bin. They are the size of a dustbin, made from material/plastic, and have a weak spring woven in so they stand up. They pack flat and hold water/ice very well...used mine for a Bar-B-Q a while back.

Martin.

[welshnobby]

...how far will they take this,we have a bin to store our beers in and keep cool, will that be allowed?

[ProPlus]

Due to the bad weather (rain) is it allowed to put them up and just wait for the to fill up naturally???

Of course it might get a little had from the hose pipe

[pikey]

Sounds reasonable to me.

Years ago it used to be small paddling pools but now it's showing off to see who can get the biggest pool.

It's been taking the p*ss - this was expected IMHO

[rralston]

neilsie said:

"its not a pool Orficer, its our fridge"

I can see this happening! I'm liking the Gazeebo idea!

[neilsie]

rralston said:

neilsie said:

"its not a pool Orficer, its our fridge"

I can see this happening! I'm liking the Gazeebo idea!

yeah, i might be visiting Asda for one of their cheapie jobs...

[Moose.]

Just emailed our French distributors and they've told me there are no water shortages in France at the moment, only talks of introducing one

[jvaughan]

Moose. said:

Just emailed our French distributors and they've told me there are no water shortages in France at the moment, only talks of introducing one

Seconded. Just spoke to our French office, (Paris South) they are not aware of any water restrictions. They are gonna do some digging and get back to me

[rev-erend]

What terrible news

[20vt_mk2dub]

[quote]
Seconded. Just spoke to our French office, (Paris South) they are not aware of any water restrictions. They are gonna do some digging and get back to me[/quote]

They hoping to dig a new well or something then? lol