EXTRA,  FEATURES,  September 2025

Swimming laid bare

What’s it like to take part in a swimming event with nothing but your bare skin? British Naturism’s writer Dugie Eyton-Hughes reports

We strap on our tow floats and wade slowly into the lake at Watersedge in Bishampton. Sarah-Jayne, Ems, Steve and I are there for a British Naturism (BN) event, and we laugh and joke as we enter the water.

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