Wrinkly you have done wrong by listening to other people. You will come out of that pond smelling of .... and you will carry that smell around with you. There are no showers, and I guess you will go to the pub with Caz and sit there stinking of .... Oh the thought of it is unbearable.
Still it is too late know. If you want to see last year's mob going through the water go into www.dk10k.co.uk click on photo gallery, and click down to last years race. I shall be there with two other photographers to record the happy event. The smell last year when they came out was unbearable.
I've been past the pool three times today, and the path over the stream is really muddy. The Council have just brought in a pile of leaf cuttings to cover the muddy bits up, so I guess it will be o.k. All we want know is a nice frosty morning, say about minus 2 with mini icebergs floating on the water..... it could happen yet?