Regular readers will recall that this time a month ago
I blogged about how British Naturism’s week-long summer spectacular, Nudefest at Newperran Holiday Park in Cornwall, had proved a triumph despite being bombarded by everything a wet and windy British summer could hurl at it.
Those of us involved with BN had hoped that our second summer extravaganza, the Great British Skinny Dip
which took place this weekend, would be blessed with better weather.
Well, I can only speak for the West Midlands, the part of the country in which I enjoyed GBSD, but let’s just say that there is something amazing about sitting in a picturesque garden in an eight-person hot tub in July and being rained on.
Heck, you’re going to get wet anyway, so what difference does a little rain make?
OK, at times it was quite a lot of rain, but then we just went indoors to enjoy the excellent facilities at Clover Spa, the high-quality naturist hotel in North Birmingham which has garnered a great deal of national publicity since it opened just before last Christmas.
There was good company, interesting and wide-ranging conversation and, pleasingly, a wonderfully wide range of age groups; naturism often gets pigeon-holed as something as only the middle-aged and beyond do, but my wife and I spent much of the afternoon chatting to two couples in their 20s who were as comfortable with the concept as we are.
British Naturism is working hard, through events such as GBSD, to get those in their 20s to try out naturism in all its’ forms; whether it’s going to a weekly indoor swim, joining a naturist club, going on holiday to a naturist resort either in the UK or abroad (there are hundreds to choose from) or trying out somewhere such as Clover Spa.
This weekend’s GBSD was another one of the many small steps which it will take before naturism is as accepted in the UK as it is throughout much of the rest of Europe. But there will be another one next year, hopefully with more venues taking part and with better weather.
It would be wonderful to see you there - you’ve got 12 months to think about it. In the meantime, go to www.british-naturism.org.uk, to find out more about the many places you can enjoy naturism within the UK and abroad.
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