When you think about swimming, what pictures does it conjure up in your mind? Childhood lessons and chilly changing rooms at the local leisure centre? Or maybe summer days splashing around at the seas

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I’d wager that most keen swimmers have, at some point, daydreamed of owning a lake. Being just a few steps away from a swim in an idyllic location – it’s the stuff of dreams. But staying at Lenches La