σε διακοπές…I’m off on vacation tomorrow evening, arriving in Greece in the early hours of Monday morning. Yes, it’s a naturist vacation, and no, I’ve no broad experience of Greek naturism, other than one beach in my distant past.

This time, we’re going with another couple, good friends of ours from our sun club, and we’re hiring a boat. The idea is to sail around some islands and drop anchor at secluded beaches and bays for a day’s sunbathing, swimming and snorkelling. And life will be almost certainly (weather permitting) 24/7 naturism on board.

I’ve no idea what time or internet signal I’m going to get on the ocean wave, so it’s possible it will be ‘over and out’ from me for the next three weeks. Or I may get some signal if we pull into a harbour for the night and dine out, in which case I’ll try to update you.
In the meantime,  Ella will resume the editor’s chair for the short term.

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There are some weird people around. Like The Daily Mail and Twitter users.

Serena Williams, a succesful sportswoman by any stretch of the imagination, won another Wimbledon tennis title this afternoon, but all people (well, the Daily Mail and Twitter users) could think of were her nipples.

‘Distracting’.

What? I’m sorry? You had the chance to watch one of the top games in the world tennis tour this afternoon, and all you could think about, focus on, were her nipples?

There are some silly people around. Most of them seem to have a Twitter account.

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The intention was to come home and grab some sleep as I’ve been up all night. However, the adrenalin rush from participating in Spencer Tunick’s most recent shoot, in Hull (on the English east coast), as part of their ‘City of Culture’ celebrations has left me buzzing!

The intention was to drive up yesterday, Friday, and stay overnight. However, beds in the city were at a premium, with thousands of others having the same idea, so we drove up in the early hours of this morning.

We’d been given an ‘alarm call’ of 300am, so we left the house around midnight and drove the 100 odd miles to Hull, arriving around 200am. A flask of tea and a couple of sandwiches in the car later…and it was onto the site of the shoot, at Hull’s Queen’s Gardens.

While I’m a naturist, well used to naturist surroundings, this experience was something different. Many, I would imagine, weren’t naturist and there was certainly a sense of friends encouraging each other for their public nude debut.

I’d also suggest that the body paint created a feeling of not being quite naked.

I didn’t feel undressed. I felt I was painted in a blue ‘suit’ of sorts, and if debutants felt the same, I’d imagine it eased their nerves.

The shoot itself was fairly ‘clinical’, but there was a sense of comradeship and camaraderie  between the shots, as we moved locations.

Afterwards, almost every conversation I heard was of how liberating and empowering it had been, and I would agree with that analysis.

More to follow…’Part 2′ takes place tomorrow 😉

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I’ve picked this up from our Flickr page, and it would appear that there’s an expo taking place at Roissy en France which features nudity.

Of course we’ll be going. Of course we’ll be reporting.

It begins tomorrow, and perhaps I’ll see some of you there?

Note: Roissy isn’t a naturist venue as such, but leans more towards the erotic end of SL things, so be warned before teleporting in.

We don’t really promote the erotic or sexual end of SL things on this blog, but it’s always interesting to see others’ take on nudity.

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I’m heading home now, and not entirely sure I’ve got all of the paint off, which should be fun if I need to make a stop at motorway services on the way back! 🙂

I’ll write this up as a blog post from a personal perspective later on.

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edited to add: I’ve been up all night, driving to Hull to be there for my appointed time, doing the shoot very, very early, and then driving home again. Forgive me if I head off to bed and grab a few hours sleep before doing a write-up. 

I’m in Hull, as part of today’s Spencer Tunick shoot. More photos and a report to follow this evening.

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