The pool
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The fenced 15 metres x 7 swimming pool is for the exclusive use of the residents at Roches.
There are loungers, chairs, tables and sunshades to put around the pool. The technology involved in purifying and filtering the water is new, so that bathers get none of the discomfort usually associated with chlorinated swimming pools. A robot cleans the pool every day from about 7am to 9am and from 7pm until about midnight. In the summer months it is usual for the water to get as warm as 32 degrees centigrade.
The pool depth is about a metre for nearly half its length, then slopes steeply in an inverted pyramid to 2½ metres, making it perfectly safe for diving at the deep end. There is a safety ledge around the pool, and a 2 metre x 2 metre platform just below the surface at the shallow end for small children to bathe safely under supervision.