The Naked Strokie

Anecdotal evidence from years of talking to experienced naturists has told me that most of us began our journey in the naked lifestyle while on holiday abroad. Warmer weather, relaxed inhibitions, more opportunities (such as naturist/clothes-optional beaches) and the increased probability of seeing other naturists mean far more people are likely to feel like going nude in, say, Spain than in chilly old England. And all those factors do undoubtedly come into play; indeed, that's how my wife and I got into naturism. How do those people sustain the interest when they come home? Well, in 1991 we joined British Naturism and started going to swims and other events; but what if you don't feel as confident about being nude in public as we did? Maybe you'd rather not dive in at the deep end, but paddle around in the shallows for a while (naked, of course.....). This is where I encourage potential new naturists to get their confidence up by going nude at home. Do you sleep in...

I first got interested in naturism, (defined in the Collins English Dictionary as 'the belief that nakedness is beneficial to health and emotional wellbeing) in the late-1980s, when one of my colleagues at my first place of work was a lady who didn't mind discussing where she and her husband went on their summer holidays. They always had a fortnight in July at a naturist resort in the south of France and while she wasn't up to sharing her holiday pictures with us, she was quite happy to talk about naturism and its benefits. So when my wife and I had our first holiday abroad after getting married, we were quite relaxed about finding that the beach outside our hotel on the Spanish Canary Island of Formentera was clothes-optional. And when we ventured on to it on the second day of our holiday, we were quite relaxed about stripping off. That day in August 1991 was the last day that either of us wore a swimming costume of any kind. When we came home, we hunted around on ...