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  • Guest
    The Brighton WNBR is this Sunday. Brighton's World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) celebrates bikes, body power & low impact living while demonstrating our vulnerability & protesting against fossil fuels & car culture. 2024 ride: Sun 9th June, assembling from 12pm at Preston Park, Brighton.
    Many thinks this is the best of all the UK rides. It's quite big with usually 500 plus riders and is quite safe with an excellent police escort. It ends at the naturist beach and has a half hour break on the sea front.

  • Guest

    LONDON WNBR

    By Guest, in London and South East,

    This Saturday June 8th will be the latest World Naked Bike Ride. It's not a BN event or even naked necessarily but good fun all the same and the after event looks like a lot of fun. This WNBR is now 20 years old.

    The AfterShow
    We encourage you to do the ride and continue the fun, friendly atmosphere at the AfterShow. Non-riders are welcome too. The AfterShow is open to all fans of WNBR, Naked Cabaret, Phantom Peak and everyone else (over 18). Doors open at 18:00. The bar and food will be available. Warm up with some Life Drawing fun at 19:00, then the main show is at 20:00. (No admittance after 21:00.)
    The main show features Naked Cabaret‘s MCs Alexis and comedian Fella along with Lady Gloria, soulful burlesque singer Laura Loops, JJ – the Mad Chattaa, hula-hooper extraordinaire and Keri Gold the award-winning acro-balancer, as seen on Britain’s Got Talent. Expect nudity! After the show, we’ll keep the music playing, so get up and dance.
  • Guest
    We all love the outdoors and the sun but are so often let down with windy, rainy days in Summer. But there are alternatives!! East Sussex Naturists have organised a visit to the Bexhill Museum on June 18th at 6pm. We have attended a few museum visits with BN in the past (Haynes Motor Museum, Falmouth Maritime Museum and the Ipswich Museum) and they have all turned out to be super interesting. Bexhill seems to have some great attractions as well including two of the Eddie Izzard family's model railway collections.   Link to the Izzard model railway
    There's also the odd tale of Bexhill's finishing school for ladies from the Nazi elite!!
    Museum link
     Link to Bexhill Museum visit
    Contact philip.baker@bn.org.uk for further details

  • Guest
    The London and South East Region (LASER) now has its own Twitter or X account. If you're a user the account is called @BNLaserRegion   New followers welcome. I'm trying to keep a close eye on it and weed out the dodgy accounts. 
  • Guest
    Howdy folks!!  Apollo Sun Club, ten miles North of Brighton are holding a Country and Western themed event on August 3rd starting at 3pm and BN members are invited. Tickets are £15 a head and payable in advance.
    Tickets link
    There will be a BBQ, dancing and fun events. I've visited Apollo several times in the past and it's a welcoming and well organised place. Their barbecues and dances are legendary and it will be a super fun event. There is limited camping space which must be pre booked via
     Camping link
  • Guest
    Shaftesbury Town Council run the local Lido, which is Dorset's only Lido. Included in the Lido programme are Naked Swims on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings, between season opening on May 25th and season close which is usually in the first week of September, but may be later according to weather and other factors.
    The confirmed dates of the swims are Tuesday:
    28th May.   11th and 25th June 9th and 23rd July 13th and 27th August The details of the Naked Swim are as follows:
    Time: 7pm - 8pm
    Cost: £8
    Age: 18+
    Water temperature: 29C
    Free hot and cold drinks available poolside
    Free parking outside and in nearby Barton Hill car park.
    Lido postcode is SP7 8DQ
    Phone: 01747 853181
    Booking: online at the Lido website is strongly advised, but people can take a chance and turn up on the day and if there are places available, they can pay on entry
    https://www.shaftesbury-tc.gov.uk/services/lido/
     Please support this swim, which is provided by the Town Council who run the Lido!
    Further information.  
    Important upgrades to the heating and plant equipment at the Lido mean that the optimum water temperature of 29C should be more reliably maintained this summer than happened sometimes last season.
  • Guest
    Bruce has kindly sent in this update on the problems at Abbots Cliff.
      I went to the beach yesterday and also spoke to people in the area about problems caused by a landslip early in April  at Folkestone Warren which lies to the west. Access to the beach from  the east  - from Samphire Hoe near Dover has always been available and for people arriving by car* it is probably the best option as there is plenty of parking space,albeit subject to charges. 
                                 *pedestrians can reach Samphire Hoe using the no 64 bus service from Dover alighting at Aycliffe Community Primary School. From there a footbridge leads across the A20 to a footpath and the tunnel to Samphire Hoe.
                                 The restrictions imposed on public access to Folkestone Warren appear to have been lifted.One can drive past the Martello tower and leave one's vehicle in the small parking areas before walking about two miles to the beach. Seawall barriers blocking access for  pedestrians have been removed. There remains access to the beach down cliff paths either from the cafe opposite Helena Road in Capel-le-Ferne or from the Royal Oak public house a quarter of a mile to the east  but if there is a return to prolonged wet weather or if Kent County Council fail to send in contractors regularly to clear the brambles these paths may become difficult to use. A pair of secateurs in hand luggage may come in useful.
                                  There is one proviso. The steps leading from the railway  to the seawall have collapsed due to a small landslip. An alternative route is to turn right after crossing the pedestrian bridge over the railway and walk west  towards Folkestone. After about 100 yards steps appear down to a dirt track which leads to the seawall.There you turn left and walk about a mile and half towards Dover till the seawall ends. Here there is a problem. The metal ladder installed by some kind people years ago is now in a shaky condition. The rope and metal handhold implanted in the chalkface have disappeared. The drop to the beach is too far for people to jump. The ladder remains in use but it is hazardous. 
                                It is possible to walk from Folkestone along the beach but only at low tide. Signs have appeared in places warning of falling rocks and there is evidence of major rockfalls during the winter - but naturists were still in evidence on the beach during fine weather on May 11th.
  • Guest
    Tickets now on sale for the Dining and skittles at the Mill Arms https://shop.bn.org.uk/collections/naturist-garden-days/products/13-june-2024-mill-arms-naked-dining-skittles-dunbridge
    See our calendar entry here
    Join BN’s London and South East Regional team and the Naturist Ramblers as we return to the Mill Arms for an evening of dinner and skittles. 2 or 3 course menu options available.
    We will have exclusive use of the function room at the pub. This is a fully self-contained area with its own bar and toilets which means that it will be possible to be naked throughout the event. Car parking is available behind the pub, but it is only two minutes’ walk from Dunbridge & Mottisfont Station, so why not leave the car at home and enjoy a few drinks!
    The Mill Arms also has a small number of rooms above the function room which can be booked alongside your ticket for the dinner. These are available on 12 and 13 June and include a full breakfast. Our host at the pub is happy for guests to remain naked for breakfast should they wish.
     
  • Guest
    We are delighted to announce the summer series of naked swims at Petersfield Open Air Pool in June, July and August. These are part of the Great British Skinny Dips, raising awareness of the benefits of skinny-dipping and raising funds for the British Heart Foundation. The pool at Petersfield, Hampshire is a delight and the staff make us very welcome and have agreed to put on a BBQ for us again and donate half their shop profit for the sessions to BHF.
    Links to the events are:
    June 14th 6:30pm - 8:30pm
    July 13th 6:30pm - 8:30pm
    August 16th 6:30 - 8:30pm
  • Guest
    The following was printed first in Naturist Life magazine and was written by Stewart Lomax.
     
    Mill Bank Sun Club is a camping and caravanning club without its own
    permanent site. We hold rallies throughout the season with permission
    of the landowners.
    This year (2024) we’ll be using a new location near Hassocks in West
    Sussex.
    The club have been without a site for the 2023 season as we had to
    vacate our previous location at Ashburnham near Battle.  The field
    there was very lovely with great Wealden views, a pub near by and it
    was so very quiet and peaceful.  Unfortunately the owner's family had
    other plans for the property and along with others who also rented, we
    had to leave.
    Finding another site proved to be somewhat of a challenge.  We lost
    some members as a result but, who knows, they may well return.  All
    the committee members rallied around (pun intended) to find somewhere
    new.  One of the major problems was to find an actual land owner!
    Many farms are rented and the owners are not local.  The tenant
    farmers are not permitted to allow campers without their landlords
    permission and many did not want the agro of pursuing that.  Sometimes
    just finding the owner of a suitable field we’d spotted was
    difficult too.
    But hey!  Seek and ye shall find or good things come to those who
    wait...
    Whilst browsing a naturist page on Facebook, I saw a reply to a post
    by a woman who’d had a 'not so great day' on Brighton naturist
    beach, where voyeuristic men had made her feel uncomfortable. David
    replied to her offering the use of his field for sun bathing. I’m
    not sure what happened regarding her taking up Davids offer, but I
    decided to contact him about his field.
    Through messenger we had a very fruitful conversation and David was
    pretty keen for us to go and make use of his land.  The land, it
    turned out, is next to Davids garden centre ‘Garden Thyme’ and was
    acquired along with it.
    I arranged a convenient time to visit and went along with one of Mill
    Bank’s other committee members Peter.  Straight away we just knew
    this was a great find as David was very welcoming and amiable.
    The field is easily accessed through a wide gateway then through the
    centre car park the ground is level and suitable for all types of
    cars, caravans and motorhomes as well as tents of course.
    It’s pretty secluded and set well back from the road.  There’s the
    main field where we can set up our camping units in the mown area in
    which there are a few trees.  The back of the field is densely wooded
    and thick with brambles.  There’s a small nook which will be great
    for shelter on more blustery days and for campfires in the evenings.
    The site will get the sun all day but there are trees for shade if
    required. There’s a flushing toilet on site together with fresh
    drinking water.
    The garden centre, previously called Allwoods (as shown on Google
    maps) has a very nice cafe called ‘Tea Thyme’. Only open during
    centre opening times, for snacks, meals or indeed a full Sunday roast!
    The location is ideal for short or longer stays and convenient for
    naturist beaches at Brighton and Fairlight or as a stopover when using
    the channel crossings.
    Once we’ve held our club AGM which will be at the garden centre on
    Sunday 14th April 2024. Starting at 14.00 for a walk around the site.
    At 15.00 well go to the café for refreshments then at 16.00 we’ll
    start the AGM once the customers have left.
    Our camping fees are very reasonable with preferential rates for
    members. All genuine naturists are welcome as members, visiting
    campers or day visitors.
    For any enquiries please contact our secretary Steve:
    secretary@millbanksunclub.com
    Kind Regards
    Stewart Lomax
    07944936572
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