This is the swimming pool in Kroonstad where I feel I swam my best race. I went up to Kroonstad for a wedding, but specially asked if they could bring me here so I could go down memory lane. I had to go to a bit of trouble even after someone eventually agreed to bring me here - to get into the pool area I mean. It was locked, so I jumped over the fence. My lane was 5, and it proved to be the fastest lane by a whisker. The absence of a crowd, of anyone for that matter, brought the memories back all the clearer, and made the return to where an 11 year old winner once stood, all the more meaningful.