New Poll

What is your naked comfort zone, where are you willing to bare all.

Take part in our poll.

Leave a comment here please.

Posted by David.

Michael Pusey

We are saddened by the news that Michael Pusey has died. Michael was well known at Watford Swim and the evenings at St Albans.

My personal memories are sharing interesting conversations on the SOC walks where Michael's humour and great knowledge kept me amused and informed.

He will be missed by those that knew him.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Funeral at Garston Crematorium in the large chapel. 4 January 2008 at 2PM

Reception at Thistle Hotel Chiswell Green.







The family have requested donations to the charity that is important within the family:

The Asperger's Syndrome Foundation
The Kensington Charity Centre
4th Floor, Charles House,
375 Kensington High Street
London
W14 8QH

http://www.aspergerfoundation.org.uk/

Donations will also be collated via the funeral director, on the day or afterwards.

Posted by David.

Normal service will be resumed...

As soon as we catch up!

Suzanne and David have just returned from a 2 week 'business' trip to Fuerteventura.

Big pile of snail mail, dozens on emails all confounded by the Christmas mail clogging up our letterbox so we will be a while processing all of this and then business should return to normal.

Your patience is appreciated while we catch up.

Posted by David.

Clothes optional petition to HM Government

The petition raised by D. Collins asking effectively that the UK has a
similar level of freedom to that enjoyed in Denmark is due to expire
of the 27th December.  Some of you have already signed it but if you
have not and feel that the petition is worth supporting then the more
signatures the better.  I do appreciate that the person who wrote this petition may have done better had he used a spell checker first.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Nudity/

The wording is quite different to the "clothing optional" petition
which closed in August and received what can only be described as an
unthinking rebuff from government.  This petition will likely be
similarly dismissed but they cannot reasonably say that it is a matter
purely for local authorities.   The Danes achieved their freedom by
direct protest back in the 1950's and it may well be that in the UK
and mainland Europe only more militant naturist action will change
things.

Top Sante magazine

Have just received the following request:

I'm hoping you can help me with a feature I'm working. Top Sante magazine is looking to shoot five women, aged 25-55, showing off the surprising naked bits their really proud of - women who are proud of their small chests, wobbly tummies, big bottoms. The aim of this line-up feature is to be empowering for women and to make our readers feel really positive and inspired. If you know any naturist women who'd be interested please don't hesitate to get in touch (we're on a tight deadline so it would be great to hear back from you today).

Best wishes

Fiona Embleton

Features Writer

Top Sante

Greater London House

Hampstead Road

London NW1 7EJ

Tel: 020 7391 3320

Naturist Life 129

The latest Naturist Life magazine was posted out this afternoon (and local ones hand-delivered). Please let us know on this blog when you receive yours - just checking on the postal services. They were sent second class large letter so it will be especially interesting to see how many are received tomorrow - Wednesday 28th November.

Suzanne

Diary - major update

Many new items and more information on existing items have been added to the diary page. Look here!

Post by David

The poll has been changed

Head over to THIS page to participate in the latest poll.

Post a comment here on your winter naturist activities.

Somerset Strolling Bears (Naturist walking group)
The Polar Bear section of the Somerset Strolling Bears continues to walk throughout the winter. Our next walk is Thu Nov 29 on Dartmoor. Our last walk at Minehead resulted in this quote.

I never thought I would enjoy crawling naked through a bramble patch half way up a cliff face.

Six Six Six visits

I just checked the visitor statistics.
This is all a bit scary!

Norfolk Broads River Trip weekend 2008

Why not make a weekend of this event. Friday the 4th of July on the Mississippi paddle steamer 'Southern Comfort' and stay the weekend at Merryhill and join in with their Summer Ball on the 5th July.
More details coming soon about the arrangements at Merryhill, but remember places on the boat are limited so do not miss out on this fabulous event. More info here.

New Poll

We are canvassing your opinions on our web site.

Please vote on the poll and add your comment here.

Thanks!

Updates to the web site

Nothing lasts forever, so the time had come to change a few photographs. It gives the site a fresh look to returning visitors.

As this blog is for the latest news items, I have deleted the original NEWS page. I think blogging made it redundant, and it was also a long way out of date.

And we have some gratuitous commercial advertising. We have to make some money somehow to keep it all running.

Onwards and upwards, progress is relentless.

Norfolk Broads River Cruise

We have booked it.
Confirmed date is 4 July 2008.
Look here for more details.

Social at Sue and Dave's 27 Ocober 2007

Sorry folks but we have to cancel this meeting.

Sue has hurt her hand (we think a trapped nerve). She is in quite a lot of pain and not really up to socialising.

Please accept our apologies for cancelling at such short notice.

Norfolk Broads River Trip July 2008

We are still at the planning stage but we are looking to book an evening nude cruise along the Norfolk Broads on the "Southern Comfort" paddle steamer.

Target date is 4 July 2008.

If you are interested in such a venture email us or post a comment here.

CCBN elections

For those who care about such things...

President John Paine
Treasurer Duncan Heenan
Vice Chairman Reg Barlow

Somerset Strolling Bears (Shabden Leisure Circle)

We are a naturist walking group. Join our group at

• Somerset Strolling Bears or Blog email Running bear
  
• Our next walks are Thu 25 Oct 07 @ Lyme Regis and Thu 29 Nov 07 @ South Brent, Dartmoor. Watch this blog for dates of our next walks.
• Walk as God or Darwin created us. Sense your environment. Feel the warm rays of the sun or the cooling tingle of the breeze amongst the company of normal people.
• "What spirit is so empty and blind that it cannot grasp the fact that the human foot is more noble than the shoe and human skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed" - Michelangelo

Running Bear (Somerset Strolling Bears organiser)

CCBN AGM at Northampton Cricket Club 21-10-07

Suzanne will be attending as an OBSERVER so that she can cover the event for Naturist Life.

H&E Naturist editor Sara Backhouse will be giving Suzanne her 'Naturist of the year award' during the lunch interval.

Should be a fun day!

New poll

There is a new poll. All about bed time and pyjamas.

Calendar Offer

Naturist Life Calendar

We are publishing our own calendar for 2008

Once again we are supporting our friends at Rolvenden Cat Rescue and selling a calendar with the profits going to help homeless and stray cats.

See this link.

Alton Evening

13 October Alton - Southampton Naturist Club has arranged to hire the whole complex on 13 October 2007, 19.30 until 22.30.

Shabden will be there, Sue and Dave will have books, Magazines and DVD on sale.

Site update

Two new books added to the SHOP page, "The Healing Sun' and 'The Light Revolution' , both from Findhorn Press.

New feature

The Shabden web site has a blog. The idea is to provide up to the minute information which can be accessed by a RSS feed. It's still experimental, but we would appreciate some feedback.