From: the_todal@icloud.com 
  
 On 01/08/2025 21:17, Martin Harran wrote: 
 > On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 20:36:51 +0100, The Todal  
 > wrote: 
 > 
 >> On 01/08/2025 10:51, 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? 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> In hotels, don't they still provide a kettle, a teapot and some teabags? 
 >> And a tap from which you can fill the kettle?  Or is that only for the 
 >> cheap old fashioned hotels? 
 > 
 > Yes they generally do but that's in the bedroom -  electric kettles 
 > are not recommended near swimming pools and electric sockets for 
 > plugging them into are not provided. 
 > 
  
 I suppose after the luxury of a steam room or sauna, a guest might go 
 back to their room. Or of course to the bar, where one would expect to 
 have to pay for the alcoholic drinks. 
  
  
 > 
 >> 
 >> In the gym which I used to belong to until I realised that I wasn't 
 >> getting my money's worth, there was at least one water fountain 
 >> dispensing chilled water. 
 >> 
 >> But I don't suppose there is a requirement in our laws. 
 > 
  
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