I recently went to a private view one afternoon at a gallery, adjoining house and sculpture garden that was exclusively for nudists, apart from the staff who all remained clothed. We parked our cars and undressed immediately as we'd been told we could be naked as soon as we got there. We then went to the cafe for coffee and initial viewing in the gallery while we waited for the other nudists to arrive prior to a guided tour of the house. The venue is situated out of town on the edge of a small village so it was very suitable for nudists to roam freely around the grounds. The tour lasted for about an hour and to me it was entirely suited to be enjoyed as nudists.

We are lucky in that locally there are people from a nearby nudist group who actively approach venues for use by nudists. Recently there have been visits to gardens, other art galleries, theatres and an evening at a bowling alley where we have had great fun as nudists. All of the venues have seen the staff remain clothed while we have been nude immediately on arrival and remained so until just before departure. Each time we have felt very welcome in our preferred state of nudity and the events have been perfect examples of clothing-optional coexistence.

The point of this post is to ask what others think about this type of nude recreation. Earlier this summer as we were about to leave a nudist venue we'd stayed at for a long weekend I had a conversation with a couple who were members there about the options we have nearer home for nude socialising. Over that weekend the club had had various musical acts providing entertainment. I mentioned the type of events listed above to the couple, her response was "..that's not naturism..." I asked her what the difference was to us going round a gallery, or watching a theatre performance while we were nude and enjoying music as we had at their club while we were naked. She said that she didn't attend that sort of event at her club, as she didn't see it as naturism.

We have friends who we see at local nude beaches but they do not live naked at home like we do. We enjoy hiking nude; on our own, with a few friends or as part of larger organised nudist groups. Some friends don't get why we like to do it nude. We enjoy doing just about anything nude, whenever and wherever we can, especially with other nudists. We're fine if we can be nude while others are clothed, we've done that so many times we don't really think about how some might find that 'unusual', to us it is very normal. We're nude because we're nudists!

It would be interesting to read others takes on whether it is nudism/naturism if we enjoy 'alternative' experiences while naked to the more typical time at a nudist club or beach. What other activities to you enjoy as nudists? What would you like to do nude that you haven't done naked yet?

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