From: max_demian@bigfoot.com 
  
 On 01/08/2025 16:28, RJH wrote: 
 > On 1 Aug 2025 at 10:51:58 BST, Martin Harran wrote: 
 > 
 >> We take regular senior breaks in hotels around the country. I always 
 >> pick one with a leisure centre as swimming combined with a steam room 
 >> or sauna is my main form of exercise and relaxation. I have noticed an 
 >> increasing trend for such leisure centres to have no drinking water 
 >> available to iuers, either by fountain or bottled. Hydration is of 
 >> major importance after a steam room or sauna and I wonder if these 
 >> hotels are infringing Health and Safety rules and risking a negligence 
 >> charge if an inexperienced user ended up being dehydrated? 
 > 
 > I recently had this expereince at a national museum - no potable water. I 
 had 
 > a good moan but no management on site that day. 
  
 How long do you spend in a museum? If your kidneys are working properly 
 you should be able to go at least four hours without water, even in hot 
 weather. 
  
 > That they should provide free drinking water doesn't seem to have occurred 
 to 
 > them. 
  
 Why free? We don't expect institutions to provide free food. 
  
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