I have in the past gone nude on occasionally fairly busy Spanish beaches, taking nothing and walking purposefully past them for several miles. It’s not illegal there. Folks would notice, but few seemed at all troubled. Only once did anyone (a man) thing on the specific reasons that kids might see me. As we all know, youngsters take no notice of simple nudity, but I did feel nervous because I then felt exposed and had no means whatsoever to cover-up.
I occasionally experienced groups of two or three women expressing apparent approval that I was nude, not that I was searching for that. It was interesting to observe how some couples saw me bare and then removed their clothing. That was in the past.
In http://x-public.com of not causing offence and not giving naturism a bad name even if legal I’ve changed my approach to public nudity to be much less evident. Just like Pete, I concur hiking is a good deal more entertaining compared to the seashore. Hiking in Spain, it’s really quiet the opportunities of running into someone are low. Hiking in the UK the odds are higher. If alone I ‘ve tend to vanish off into the bushes, feeling nervous since I ‘ve zero wish to offend but scared it might be taken as more than simple nudity.
Doing a Spencer Tunick setup has given me a different pespective on the way the Brits see nudity. 1700 folks went naked for several hours in a city in the name of “artwork”. Most were not naturists and were very nervous in the beginning. I really don’t go nude on UK beaches unless lying on my abdomen in a quiet area. I just stand up when there isn’t anyone about for at least 700 yards, but may walk a long way then. If a person keeps on walking towards me I don’t usually worry about it, since it’s their choice and I am on a quite broad big beach, but if it’s narrower I sit down and am unobtrusive until they have passed.
If I see a solitary woman I frequently cover up as we get closer so she can feel “safe”. No one in the UK has ever objected or seemed piqued. Sometimes they’ve been clearly amused, so I just say hello. You might wonder why I usually do not use nudist beaches quite frequently. The key response is straightforward.