How was your month for Free Range Naturism?

[jbeegoode]

Wow, another month! Except for a couple of strolls to Havarock and our trip to the Bloody Basin area, I've been home a lot. I'm building a sweat, sauna out back, out of ferro cement (report in a few weeks) and it has been taking my time. Other than a couple of days with a carpenter, it has been a nude project. I did wear a sweat shirt a couple of colder windy days. I did find that placing hot metal roofing on an asphalt papered roof is better with a pair of pants attached to my butt. I knew that there had to be something that wasn't better nude. I have been closer to home, DF was off on a Carribean cruise with her sisters, so I just kept mostly home, focused on this project, nude. I put on clothing 15 minutes yesterday to make a flyer at my neighbors printer. Friday, I spent 3hours hauling sand, and three on Thursday. I took DF to the Airport 10 days ago and stopped by the grocery... The usual Wednesday night meeting...Hmm, not very much laundry, now that I think about it....
Jbee

[balead]

April 21st was the first time for me to be naked outside this year and the only day of the month. My worst start to a free range season I can remember.

The good news is that I was less than 300 metres away from home in a public field! Not in the open but at the  edge of a small circular patch of bushes and small trees. A few days earlier I'd wondered if there was a way in and discovered that there was. The way to a small patch of relatively clearer open ground was blocked by brambles. This was when I remembered that I'd been here before many years ago. It wasn't blocked then and I'd discounted it as a place to sunbathe for not being private enough.

Over the next three days I cut through and mostly cleared the brambles to make a path, a little at a time - not easy with arthritic hands. Once the stinging nettles were cleared there was enough space to sunbathe. Now it seems perfectly suitable to me as nobody had obviously been there for years.

I now have a place to sunbathe suitably unclad, which I can get to at a moment's notice instead of having to cycle a mile or so to do so as I have in the past. This may not seem a big deal to many, but without a garden of any description and having developed rheumatoid arthritis, which is likely to restrict my mobility more and more, it's a big deal for me. Looking forward to getting plenty of sun there this year.

[jbeegoode]

Woohoo! A stealth mini trail, a special place for naturism AND handy. Sounds like the SN goddess is looking out for your blessings. Get'er working on the weather, and you are gonna brown.

Does the heat from the sun help the medical condition? Lying on the ground naked should.
Jbee

[eyesup]

What a lucky find, Dave!

Glad to hear that you found a comfortable spot  so close to home. I'm sure that makes it an easier decision to get out.

I too was wondering if the sun would benefit your condition.

Hope all continues well.
Duane

[tanman]

Congratulations, Dave, for your new sun spot.  I hope you will have the weather to enjoy it frequently!

Have fun, naked!
Larry (tanman in Texas)

[balead]

Larry!

I don't know whether the heat from the sun will help as there hasn't been enough to find out yet. Ironically getting on the ground and getting up again is one of the difficulties my arthritis has caused.

Thanks for your good wishes.

[nudewalker]

I know that a friend of ours raves about the therapeutic heat from her hot tub however she does complain that entry and exit is difficult with the arthritis. Perhaps a lounge chair would raise you off the ground enough to make life easier? Anyway I'm sure the heat from the sun will do good, as much as it does for my mental status. Congratulations for finding a little piece of heaven on earth Balead!

[Davie]

The Gathering in Scotland over the weekend made the Scottish Daily Record. See here

The event made naturism more acceptable to the public in several ways:

The local Police were informed of the intention to walk naked and were supportive.
The event hired the local pool despite being told a couple or so years ago that naturists couldn't use the pool for health and safety reasons.
The event attracted some sponsorship so some companies realise the buff pound has potential.

The organisers worked hard and deserve credit.... and I enjoyed the two walks and the swim

Davie 

[eyesup]

. . . despite being told a couple or so years ago that naturists couldn't use the pool for health and safety reasons.

Now there is a puzzling quip.

Re:health, Do they believe that wearing a swimsuit somehow prevents the entire human skin surface from coming into contact with the water?

Re:safety, Do they believe that a naked human body coming in contact with "pool water" causes a critical mass reaction?

An explanation would be interesting.

Duane

[Davie]

At one time the 'elf and safety issue was sent to the HSE myth busting team (it exits) by local naturists who said there was no health or safety issue. It was local contact with a local supportive councillor that won the day as I understand it.

Davie 

[jbeegoode]

. . . despite being told a couple or so years ago that naturists couldn't use the pool for health and safety reasons.

Now there is a puzzling quip.

Re:health, Do they believe that wearing a swimsuit somehow prevents the entire human skin surface from coming into contact with the water?

Re:safety, Do they believe that a naked human body coming in contact with "pool water" causes a critical mass reaction?

An explanation would be interesting.

Duane

Yea, I've just sat here quietly waiting for some kind of logical reasoning, to justify that claim and nothin', absolutely nothin' has come to mind. Must be something like putting a diaper on a kid so that he can't pee in the pool. OR, massive numbers of unclad pubic hairs will totally clog the filtration system. Naked people are less clean after a shower than speedo people? Something completely thoughtless or stupid...what strange thoughts could they have been thinking?
Jbee

[Davie]

It's a wall to hide behind. I would always ask them to quantify telling them I'd like to overcome the danger. The other one is The Data Protection Act. "Can't tell you that, Guv, against the law." I've had that with joint accounts. When I get that sort of nonsense I ask them which section of the Act they are actually using.

Davie 

[balead]

I know that a friend of ours raves about the therapeutic heat from her hot tub however she does complain that entry and exit is difficult with the arthritis. Perhaps a lounge chair would raise you off the ground enough to make life easier?

Yes it's more difficult than it should be, but hopefully it won't stop me doing it. Once the folding chair I have ordered has arrived, it will be taken and left there.

Anyway I'm sure the heat from the sun will do good, as much as it does for my mental status.

Yes, it will help mentally if nothing else.

Congratulations for finding a little piece of heaven on earth Balead!

Thank you. Hopefully it will remain undiscovered by others.

[JOhnGw]

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Naked people are less clean after a shower than speedo people? Something completely thoughtless or stupid...what strange thoughts could they have been thinking?
Jbee

Since my ileumectomy operation (some 10 years back and completely successful) I have become meticulous about showering my nether regions before a swim. Obviously this can only be done naked.
It is amazing how many new pools only have open plan communal unisex showers and the amount of difficulty I sometimes have in arranging to shower before a textile swim.
one of these days I will dress again without having my swim and demand my money back.

[milfmog]

Dave,

Great to learn that you are starting to come out of your naturist hibernation and that you have found a new spot that is so convenient. Not so good to hear about the arthritis though.

Hopefully, even if the sun and air cannot help with your condition physically the mental lift that sun on skin provides will improve your sense of well being.

My numbers for April 2016 are as follows (full year figures in parentheses). Despite the unseasonably poor weather throughout the month, I have managed to record a personal FR record April. It seems that Hazel’s limitless energy is getting me out and about for longer than has been the norm in years past:

Walks: 17 (64)
Skinny dips: 0 (1)
Bike rides: 0 (1)
SOC walks: 0 (0)
Encounters: 1 (3)
Naked geocache finds: 11 (39)

Total free range naked time: 49:28 (158:52)

The encounter was with a group of four mountain bikers out early on Saturday morning in an area where they are likely to get shot at if the game keepers see them (hence, I guess, their early start). They caught up with me just as I reached a stile, forcing them to stop and lift their bikes over. We chatted briefly about the state of the tracks (lots of gloopy mud but I was able to point them towards the routes in better condition) before they headed off. Nothing was said about my chosen attire, though they did all have huge grins…

Have fun,


Ian.