Kicking up some fun

Crossing the city to go do some teaching, I called in for 30mins in City Park to check the vibe, and yes Bradford for today at least has come on all over continental, in 25degree heat and blue skies, the water proved irristable to kids and cyclists looking to cool down somehow.

The pool is the largest water feature in any UK city, the £24.4m pleasure ground's cycle starts with low-lying steam at dawn - an urban Scotch mist - then sees three shallow sunken bowls slowly fill with water until dusk when an underwater light show begins.

Camera-controlled lasers will also play tricks with visitors after dark, lassoing them with loops of light as they stroll around an area as big as three full-sized football pitches. Other features include "walking on water" - a narrow causeway across the flooded area - children's fountains that throw balls of water at one another, and a central jet with a maximum reach - reserved for special events and dubbed the Bradford Burst - of 30 metres. (Guardian report).

Today with the sun it was a busy but chilled place to just watch the world go by and splash.