Sunday 25th July 2010

Another exhausting week is over, we have not had much time this week to relax and enjoy the sun unfortunately but are hoping to be able to during the coming week.

The week started off much as it finished for us with more calls to the insurance company to check the progress of our claim and to get some things sorted out with the loan car they have provided us.

Monday we went to one of our local car dealers to have a look for possible replacement car ideas and so sit in the cars we were considering. We did manage to get a very short walk at our local picnic area in the evening, but we were both a bit sore and painful still to do much.

Tuesday we visited some family as usual and helped them set up a new router, as they are not confident enough to do this themselves. This went well and for a change very smoothly.

Wednesday Cas had a doctors appointment to check out her chest which is still hurting from the accident. After a few tests and a ecg the doctor said that it was deep bruising to her sternum and it would hurt for a couple of weeks or so, but at least it is nothing serious to worry about. We again tried a short walk of the evening but again not really recovered enough and struggled to do this.

Thursday we went looking at some other cars at local garages, but we were not really that impressed by the ones we saw and test drove. The personal injury solicitors contacted us today as well and took our details and injuries with a view to making a claim. Don’t think we will get much but anything helps.

Friday we finally went and ordered our new car, another Vauxhall but this time we have decided to go for the Zaffira as it’s that bit bigger and can take Jon’s wheelchair easily. It will take about 8-10 weeks to be built (It’s a lease car) so we will have the loan car for a while yet.

Saturday we went to some friends for a bbq and to help them with a computer problem, this turned out to be an easy fix for a change. We also meet a few more of their family who were visiting, this was good as it will help us know who is who when we do their wedding pics next month.

Today we have spent catching up on all our computer work, including our site admin duties on Naturist-Corner. We are glad to see that the other Gmod’s and site admin and been doing a great job (as always) while we have not had the time to check the site the last couple of weeks. The site is still gaining members and going from strength to strength.

That’s all for this week, hope you all have a great nude week.

Sunday 18th July 2010

Hi welcome to our blog, this is going to be a short one this week.

We have not been able to much during this week as we have a reasonably bad car accident in the early hours of Wednesday morning. We both walked away from it with only a few bruises and a bit shaken up, otherwise ok.

The accident was not our fault, some young lad came round a bend too fast on our side of the road and hit us. Police, fire brigade and ambulance were all in attendance and the road was closed for a good couple of hours. The other driver was taken to hospital but luckily only sustained minor injuries.

Our car is a complete write off and this has meant that we have spent most of our time talking to the insurance company/loan car company/police etc.

Here’s a couple of pics of the car.

Rear side of our car

Front side of our car

Hope you all have a good week.

Monday 12th July 2010

Hi all sorry it’s late this week.

It’s been another really hot week with loads of sun which has been great for getting out nude in the garden and if you are lucky enough to live near a naturist beach, sun bathing and swimming there.

Monday we managed our usual short walk at the local picnic area, although we had to stop a few more times than usual as Jon has been struggling quite a lot in the heat. There were loads of people enjoying the weather and getting out for a walk or to just sit at the picnic tables.

Tuesday we meet with some friends and went for a lovely meal as it was one of their birthdays, we all enjoyed a great meal and a good chat. We found it was too hot to do a lot so went back to theirs for a cuppa and to see their mad dogs, they were rather worn out and decided to call it a day early. We then contacted some of our other friends who live near by and spent the evening catching up with them.

Wednesday we once again tried to have our walk, but it was still too hot for us and Jon struggled again so we only had a very short slow walk.

Thursday we spent around the house catching up with jobs and enjoying the occasional lay in our garden. As we have said before we do not stay out very long in one go, especially Cas  as she burns very easily. We also caught up with our admin duties on Naturist-Corner, we have had a lot more people joining the site this week and it has kept us busy welcoming them and helping them round the site when required.

Friday we had to go to the dentist for our check ups, these both went fine with neither of us needing any work this time. Jon has been advised that he should really have his tooth capped next time (the one that they did the root canal on) as this will strengthen the tooth and make it less likely to break in the future. Afterwards we decided to have a look round the town for a while, as we had not done so lately. We had taken Jon’s wheelchair as we knew he would not be able to get far otherwise. This like all good plans turned out to be a bad idea, as the hot temperature caused a real problem for Cas. It was so bad that even in the air conned shops she still felt like she was going to pass out from the heat. We decided that we had better head back home before she did and called it a day.

Saturday we spent at home keeping as cool as possible as we did not want a repeat of the day before. We did spend a little while nude in the garden but Cas kept in the shade to avoid overheating again. This left us with time to catch up on other things, including more admin work.

Sunday we helped out some of our family who were getting a second hand mobility scooter from friends of ours. They had never used one before so we went over to help with the delivery and give instructions on how to use it. Our friends had brought it over in their camper and once they had delivered it we went down the front at Harwich to have a cuppa with them before they headed off. They really like they area and want to visit again soon and asked if we would meet them there when they did, we said of course we would and we could make a day of it.

Well that’s all for now, hope you all have a great nude week.

Thanks for reading.

Sunday 4th July 2010

Another week over and it’s been yet another hot one, after forecasts of it cooling down and rain arriving this week it was a nice surprise when the week turned out to be hot and sunny with only a couple of very short showers. This has meant that the plants in the garden have needed a bit of extra water during the week to survive. We have been enjoying the sun and making the most of it, as you can never tell when it will go and turn cool again.

Monday we once again managed our short walk at our local picnic area, still quite a few people about enjoying the sun so not able to go nude. Had to make do with the garden for this.

Tuesday we were again able to have another nice walk enjoying the sun. We again saw the family of swans and enjoyed watching them in the river for a while. The hedgerows all look nice at the moment with the flowers in full bloom.

Wednesday we went to visit some family at the coast and had a pleasant few hours with them, we then went for a drive up the coast a bit to see how the heather is coming along on the heath at Dunwich. This is just starting to flower and will look great in a couple of weeks once it’s all out. We had a look at Dunwich forest to see if we could see the ponies they use for controlling the scrub but unfortunately we were not lucky enough to see them.

Thursday we spent around the house relaxing nude in the garden at times during the day. It’s nice to be able to get out and enjoy the sun on our bodies and not have to worry about what to wear.

Friday we went to visit family for the afternoon before going onto our friends for a lovely evening. We had a great time playing with their two mad dogs trying to wear them out so we could have a peaceful chat without them pestering us to play the whole time. We also discussed a bit more about their forth coming wedding, which we are doing the photos for.

Saturday we spent at home enjoying the sun in the garden and catching up with our admin duties on Naturist-Corner. We are pleased that the site is still growing and more people are finding us and enhancing the site. It is great to see it so active with plenty of advice and information still being added.

Cas in the garden

Cas relaxing in the garden

Enjoy a great nude week and thanks for reading.

Sunday 27th June 2010

Hi all, looks like I was wrong last week as the hot sunny weather came back this week. It has been great enjoying the hot warm weather all week, even if towards the end of the week it did get a bit hot during the midday sun. Being very fair skinned I have to be extremely careful of being out in the sun too long as I burn extremely easily. This means for me I have found it best to stay out of the midday sun and fine shade during this part of the day. Another thing I have found is that I have to use a high factor sun cream/block and make sure to re-apply it very reguarly to avoid ending up looking like a beetroot.

Monday we went for a short walk in one of our local picnic areas, this was unfortunately too busy for us to walk nude, but was enjoyable anyway. We again saw the family of swans which are all still doing well, the second adult was back with them this week and all the cygnets are growing well.

Wednesday we again managed a walk in the lovely weather, although there was still a lot of people about. It is good to everyone enjoying the sun while it is here, but it does mean we are going to have to go to other areas for our nude walks.

We spent the next couple of days round the house doing yet more jobs in the garden. We are only able to be nude in a small area of our back garden as most of it is overlooked by neighbours behind us. We did manage some nude time out there between jobs which was great. Our front garden is open to the road and at the end of a col de sac so we have to cover up to do anything out there.

Friday we went with some friends for a party and a bbq in the evening, this was really enjoyable and a lot of fun. We even had a wet t shirt competition for fun and a bit of a cool down.

Saturday we spent relaxing at home and again enjoying the sun. We also caught up once again with our site admin duties from Naturist-Corner, it has been another busy week on the site with more new members joining us. We have had several reports from members that have come back from their holidays as well as some beach reports. It’s good to see that the beaches around the uk are still well used by naturists.

That’s about all for this week, hope the good weather continues and we can all have a good nude time.

Thanks for reading.

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Sunday 20th June 2010

Another week is over and half the year has now gone, it only seems a little while ago that we all had snow and were wishing summer would get here. Not sure if we are going to get much of a summer again this year as going by the weather the last few weeks, it’s going to be another cool wet one. This week has been cold with showers and we were not able to spend any nude time outside due to this.

Most of this week for us has been spent mainly indoors as Jon’s joints and muscles have been playing up, which meant he was not able to walk very well and in too much pain to go anywhere.

We did manage to go out on Wednesday before he got too bad and take our friend out to do some more photos. We went along the shore in Harwich to do some sea scapes and costal photography. We found that once we were there it was very windy and the waves looked good breaking on the shoreline and the defences. Along the coast a bit we spotted some kite surfers taking advantage of the conditions, so not ones to pass up this oportunity we made our way closer to where they were to get some photos of them.

The rest of week was spent sorting things out on the computer and with me doing some jobs round the house. We sorted the pictures we took on Wednesday and caught up with our admin work on Naturist-Corner. A couple of members reported that the world naked bike rides were well attended and all went off successfully, and even put up links to some photo’s of the events. It looks like everyone had a great time and we are sad we could not get to one this year.

Below are some photos we took on Wednesday.

Black & White rushes in the wind

Kite surfer

Kite surfer doing a jump

That’s all for this week, hope you all have a good nude week. Thanks for reading.

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Monday 14th June 2010

Hi all, we are late updating our blog this week but we have been busy catching up on other things and forgot all about it.

This week has been another one of unsettled weather with only a few hours of sun, and quite a lot of rain. Due to this we have not managed to get any nude time other than indoors, as even when the sun came out it was not really warm enough to be nude outside.

During the dry spells we managed to get our lawns mowed and started on some tiding up in the garden. As Jon is not really up to doing much this means I get to try to do this and I hate gardening. Now most of the birds have fledged and left their nests, I have got to start thinking about cutting/trimming our hedge. Although we have been told that it is a row of trees and not a hedge, it consists of hawthorn and elder among others.

We have been busy on naturist-corner this week monitoring all the activity and welcoming the new members to the site. We are looking forward to any reports from members who attended the world naked bike rides at the weekend. Unfortunately we could not make it to one ourselves this year, but hope to be able to next year.

On one of our short walks this week we saw the family of swans again and was pleased to see that all the cygnets are still doing well, although we only saw one parent with them this time. We hope that it was just up the river a bit and something has not happened to it. It is great to see the wildlife around us doing well and feel very lucky to be able to observe them.

That’s all for this week, thanks for reading.

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Saturday 5th June 2010

Another week over and it’s been another mixed one weather wise, we have had some really lovely days of hot sun and others of rain. This has meant that we were able to get some nude time in both in the garden as well as our local woods.

Monday was a sunny day and we visited some family and helped out with some bits in their garden that they couldn’t manage on their own. It is nice to see all the plants now in flower and the bees, butterflies etc enjoying them. We haven’t tried to take any photos of them yet this year but hope to do so before they disappear.

Tuesday we went to some friends on the outskirts of London, the weather was not kind to us and rained nearly all day. This meant that we had several delays on our journey as the traffic was slow in quite a few places. We got to our friends a bit late due to this, our friends showed us around their new house which is really nice. They have just got a jacuzzi which we were hoping to try out but due to the weather this was not possible, so we will have to wait for another time. We spent a great nude day with our friends, chatting and catching up on all the various news.

Wednesday was back to sunshine and Jon had to go back to the dentist for the next part of his root canal. This all went well and the temporary filling was replaced with a permanent one. He was told that if all is ok in a month when we both have check ups they will possibly put a cap on the tooth. Later that day we managed a short walk at our local picnic area.

Thursday we got a phone call from our car dealer to say our car was finally ready to be collected. It had taken a while as the bank holiday weekend had meant that the parts it needed could not be delivered to the dealers until Tuesday/Wednesday. We went and picked the car up and checked it over, they seem to have done a good job. In the evening we went to visit some friends and also gave the car a run after its service/repairs. We had a good evening with them and also met some of their family.

Friday we went to our local woods for a lovely nude walk as it was again sunny and warm. Once off the main paths we were able to have a nice relaxing walk and take a few photos as well. Although we could hear others about, we did not see anyone but we always keep an eye out for others as we do not wish to cause offence and so that we can cover up before people get within sight.

Today we have spent catching up with computer work as well as mowing the lawn. We had to also prune a bit of our cherry tree as it was getting to be a problem, this unfortunately was the time that the weather chose to change again and it started to rain fairly heavily. This in turn meant we got rather wet and a bit chilly finishing up the job.

Here are a couple of photos of Cas taken on our walk in the woods on Friday.

Cas in the trees

Cas pausing on the walk

Thanks for reading.

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Sunday 30th May 2010

Hi welcome to another blog update.

This has been a good and bad week for us, the week started off quite well with some sun shine and warmth this made it possible for one of our local walks round the country park on Monday which was very nice unfortunately  our car started making a very strange noise so had to visit the dealer for them to look they had a quick look and were not sure what the problem was but they said it was nothing serious and they would investigate further at it’s service which was booked for Friday.

The weather changed over night on Monday so Tuesday started quite bright but with a cold wind and a few small rain showers this meant we did not do much apart from visit some family members.

Wednesday was very windy and quite cold in the wind but not to bad in the sun if you could find shelter from the wind we had a short walk at the country park but it was too cold and windy to take any pictures, we also found it very quiet with hardly any wildlife about just a few rabbits and nothing else.

Thursday was a very wet and windy day and we spent the day indoors catching up with some computer work and photo editing we put up our swan pictures we promised you all and sorted out our night shots and added some to our flickr photo stream.

Friday we had to take the car to the dealers for it’s service we had to be there for 8-8.30 am to give them the time they needed to do the work and find out what was causing the strange noise, we picked up a loan car and headed off to Ipswich for a look around and then had lunch at Nacton country park where we had a nice walk along the river Orwell before returning to the car and setting off to Felixstowe to visit some family we had not seen for a while. The car dealer phoned us about 4 pm to say our car had to have some parts ordered for it and would not be ready until Wednesday next week this means we keep the loan car until then, as we did not have to get the loan car back that day we spent a very pleasant evening with our family.

Saturday we watched the Formula 1 qualifying before heading off to our friends in Harwich for the evening.

Fishing boat at night.

Peir Hotel Harwich at night

More information on nudefest can be found at:http://www.british-naturism.org.uk/pages/pages.asp?page_ID=455

More information on the world naked bike ride can be found at: http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/index.php?title=List_of_rides

More information on the Abbey house gardens clothes optional days can be found at: http://www.abbeyhousegardens.co.uk/events/clothes-optional-days

Thanks for reading.

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Bonus Pictures

Here are a couple of pics we promised from our walk last week.

These are the swans with their cygnets.

Swan Family

Swan Family 2

Hope you like the photos.

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