How was your month for Free Range Naturism?

[eyesup]

Ahh, Menorca! Looked it up again, I thought it sounded familiar. There have been reports here from that island before.

I think it was Ian.

Duane

[fuerta]

Strensall is a village just outside York , the common is more like moor land with some woodland ,certain areas are used for army training.

[ric]

start of another month, its overcast and looks like it will rain at any moment.
i dont seem to be getting much free range opertunities at the moment , life is just too busy to take the time to go for a wander in the countryside.  all my naturism is either in my own space or in he gardens i work in , im lucky to have the flexibility to juggle when and where i work to try to get the secluded gardens with enlightened owners to coinside with sunny spells. on the whole it works out quite well.

[nudeed]

The month was a little on the cool side. I  was able to get in four hikes totaling 28 miles. Yesterday was the longest 10 miles in total.

[nudewalker]

Our May was one of the wettest on record. Any free range time on my part consisted of stolen moments between the raindrops. The end of May turned quickly to warm and sunshine but left me far behind in keeping up the appearance of the outside of the house. So I'm frantically trying to catch up so some enjoyment can be found out in the woods. Also we have had the return of the 17 year cicadas; nothing harmful to humans just an annoyance as the males sing to attract females.

[Nightwalker]

June in Saskatchewan, Canada. I know climate change is a bad thing, but when you deal with -35 windchill for months of the year, it's nice that summer seems to last longer and longer! Usually my wife and I (or at least I) get au naturale by about the middle of May, with the third week of April an exception now and then. This year, like the past ten, spring sprung ever sooner, and we hit the deck on 2 April. Last year's last date was 30 September.

I'm thinking of freehiking this weekend, with temps into the upper 20s. I've promised pics of my rural hiking terrain, and *will* get around to it soon.

Cheers,
Nightwalker

[milfmog]

May was a very busy month for me, but a good one none the less. The month started with an SOC walk (or, more correctly, a Naked Ramblers walk now that the walking section has parted from the Singles Outdoor Club). The walk was on a Saturday and was well attended and it was good to catch up with Norman again as well as a number of other people I have met on previous walks. That walk provided 8 naked cache finds and a couple of close encounters with textile walkers (I tend not to count those as the safety in numbers effect comes into play).

Carole spent a weekend in Cornwall with her sister so I used the weekend off to get some gardening done (including mowing the lawns properly attired, something she’d crucify me for if she knew ) and on the Sunday I drove down to the Isle of Wight (in case John is feeling pedantic I should point out that I used a ferry to cross the water). I had two good caching walks planned with a pub lunch between them and managed to log well over eight hours naked that day including the drive down and back. The morning walk was relatively busy in places so minimum clothing was the order of the day for about half of that one but the afternoon was spent naked once I got away from the road until I dressed 100 yards short of the car on return. In total I collected 17 caches naked that day and convincingly ticked off the last but one English county in which I had not found a cache (Just East Yorkshire remains; I have a plan )

I also had a week in Germany for work, just west of Hamburg. I was working closely with a group of around 30 people from all over Europe and the USA, including team meals etc going on late into the night, so naked opportunities were bound to be limited. However, by flying a few hours early, I was able to drive north into Denmark for a great three hour naked caching walk in the woods on the Sunday (another country ticked off the list)  and also managed a few short naked walking opportunities along the Elbe west of Wedel (a second country ticked off the cache finds list).

Anyway, enough rambling, my numbers for May 2016 are as follows (full year figures in parentheses):

Walks: 18 (82)
Skinny dips: 0 (1)
Bike rides: 0 (1)
SOC walks: 1 (1)
Encounters: 0 (3)
Naked geocache finds: 44 (83)

Total free range naked time: 49:24 (208:24)

Have fun,


Ian.

[JOhnGw]

Magnificent, Ian.

[Greenbare Woods]

May in these parts was cold, wet, and windy.   Not good for getting out naked very often.  I still usually got my mail naked and mowed the lawn naked, etc.  But didn't have any unusual adventures. 

[JOhnGw]

Not only did I not get out and about for some FRN but we had the builders in so i didn't get to enjoy any domeatic naturism either

[eyesup]

. . . I should point out that I used a ferry to cross the water.

If you remain in your car and dutifully steer the ferry, would that count as driving?

. . . i didn't get to enjoy any domeatic naturism either/

No perambulating nude in your own attic?

Duane

[nuduke]

(in case John is feeling pedantic I should point out that I used a ferry to cross the water).

Thank you for your consideration, Ian.  That's ferry nuff I would say!

John

[jbeegoode]

Another month has passed. June was very good. During one of our weekends, when we are apt to wear clothing, at events and social gatherings, we were instead up in the Penalenos hiking Ash Creek full time nude. Then, there was a six day foray to Colorado. I only wore clothing at four restaurants and to quickly gas up during that time. It was probably some kind of record of a month. The wrap around kilt has been very handy, like when that cop pulled up right next to me in the parking lot in Alamosa. I was covered and looking as normal as I can, in seconds.
Jbee

[milfmog]

Hmmm... I knew I had been a bit remiss about posting lately but did not realise that I never got around to posting my June figures. Time to put that right and share my July numbers while I'm at it.

June was a quieter month for me, largely because I spent a week holidaying on the Isle of Man with Carole and Hazel, opportunities for SN were somewhat limited there as, although I could have done quite a bit of naked walking if alon, Carole is not going to buy into walking with me naked in an apparently fairly populous area anytime soon.

My numbers for June were:

Walks: 14
Skinny dips: 0
Bike rides: 0
SOC walks: 1
Encounters: 1
Naked geocache finds: 4

Total free range naked time: 37:01

The encounter was on one of my regular local walks where I "never" meet anyone. On this occasion, a Great Dane came bounding around a corner, startling Hazel, and within a couple of seconds, his owner appeared. They were less than 10 yards away so there was absolutely no point in dressing and I simply greeted the owner and gave the dog a good ear rub before continuing. I received a slightly gritted teeth "Morning" from the owner, but no other reaction and he obviously did not want to stop and chat.

July was a better month. I had planned on joining the Naturist Ramblers for their annual walk at Hoo, hHowever, Carole decided to go to on a yoga retreat weekend (the emphasis being on the "treat" part of that), which meant that I had a weekend off. I decided to stretch it by adding two days to the beginning of the weekend and two afterwards and used five days touring Scotland and geocaching, the final day was Carole's birthday so I took her to Centre Parcs for a spa day (got to keep a few brownie points in stock ). I am in the process of writing a report of the caching trip, but suffice to say here that I was naked for 55 hours and 34 minutes of the five days (discounting sleep time). My numbers for the month were (year to date figures in parentheses):

Walks: 16 (112)
Skinny dips: 0 (1)
Bike rides: 0 (1)
SOC walks: 1 (1)
Encounters: 2 (6)
Naked geocache finds: 41 (128)

Total free range naked time: 87:49 (333:06)

I have already reported one of the naked encounters in another thread, the second one (actually the first if I were being strictly chronological) was on the Border Ridge between England and Scotland when I spotted two chaps walking towards me at a distance and put my wrap on, however, the clear visibility means that they almost certainly saw me naked. There was no reaction from them when they passed me, we simply exchanged greetings and chatted for a moment about the forecast for the next day and then went our separate ways.


Have fun,


Ian.

[jbeegoode]

Things were good as usual, until the last week. We spent a week in the White Mountains at around 9000 ft. during the monsoon weather patterns. We hiked/explored plenty in a wonderful environment, but cold rain came each afternoon except one and with only a thin tent for shelter, We got dressed at those times. This left us hunkering next to a fire some evenings. I hadn't been dressed so much in a while. Funny that that occurred on a naturist retreat holiday mostly by ourselves.  We will be investigating car camping in a tent with a wood burning stove/heater, in the mountainous car-camping future. It is so wonderful as to be addicting up there, but for the need of a warm dry space.
Jbee