A MUCH larger and more expensive Olympic-size swimming pool is to be built in Blackbird Leys to replace the smaller, yet well used, one at Temple Cowley.

A lot of very interesting and imaginative reasons have been given by Oxford City Council to justify this extravagance.

Not everyone is impressed by the plans, however, especially pensioners who will find it hard to get to the new super pool.

The swimming population of Oxford is not generally famed for its Olympic prowess either.

Antonia Bance gave the thumbs up to the ambitious plans at a recent planning meeting. She is a talented woman who definitely likes living it large.

Thanks to her largesse, many children’s play areas in Oxford got an expensive revamp, and some of them look really impressive.

So perhaps we should also trust her judgement on this issue, and opt for living it large.

SUSAN THOMAS, Magdalen Road, Oxford