# @annalysejacobs on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWqIL4OjEpP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62443386-annalysejacobs-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-03T05:45:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Anna Jacobs, The Colour Doctor (@annalysejacobs) — https://gondola.cc/annalysejacobs

## Caption

I’ve been keeping a secret …

We built a pool! 

This whole pool area is my baby. I was designing and project managing it all last year, at the same time as the barn conversion. 

It’s not finished yet - I still have a lot of limestone cladding to do (you can see a bit of my beloved wall here), and some more planting etc, but it’s already beautiful and I’m really proud of it! 

Both the boyfriend and I need to swim for our health - he broke his neck skiing when he was 35 and so finds other aerobic exercise challenging. 

I have severe arthritis in my lower back and was told by a top sports doctor a couple of years ago that I can never run or do other forms of impact or weights exercise again - only swimming and Pilates! 

But I’m allergic to chlorine, so can’t really swim in public pools. 

So here we are! We have a non chlorine pool, that’s as close as you can get to freshwater - it feels amazing! 

Special thanks to pool_tec_sussex for building the pool and fisky93 for getting down and dirty with the great big digger at the beginning and filming the first half of that transition for me 18 months ago!

What do you think?!

And happy Easter everyone! 

#swimmingpool #countrysideliving #homespa #englishcountryside limestonewall

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homespa, englishcountryside, swimmingpool, countrysideliving

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