Mother nature blamed for Brixham's empty seafront pool

An outdoor pool in Devon has been left empty because "mother nature" failed to deliver at high tide, operators have said.Shoalstone Pool in Brixham was emptied and cleaned ahead of the predicted hot and sunny weekend but has yet to be refilled due to the tide not coming up high enough.Operators said: "Due to mother nature not playing fair, the pool will be closed due to not filling on the high tide after a pool clean. Apologies to all."They said they hoped the pump would be working and it would be full in time for the weekend.
Operations manager David Thomas said the team only had "a very small window" of opportunity to clean the area.He said: "The high tide did come but it wasn't quite high enough to fill the pool. "It was very benign, we didn't have any sort of significance of sea conditions or wind so we currently don't have a pool, we have just a big hole in the ground."Mr Thomas said the pool would be getting a refurbishment in August thanks to community and council funding.Work will include the reconstruction of one of the corners of the pool and anchoring the base of the pool to the rock bed below.

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