I had another wonderful walk in the Peak District today. It was mainly low level but I walked in the Grindon area and got to the top of Wetton Hill. I felt I had to cover up at one point as the sun was warm. A delightful day and for most of the walk I saw no-one. Once again the walk was a spur of the moment decision

Davie  8)

That event at Burrows that you wrote about last ear is on again on 17th July, I see. 🙂

Its a lovely garden, not as dramatic as Abbey House but well worth the visit. There was cake and coffee for sale last year. My two regrets are it isn't open for longer and I can't make it there this year.

Davie  8)

Yes, it certainly is lovely and I'm really looking forward to relaxing naked in the sunshine there later today. If anyone ian on the area I'd definitely recommend it. It's 12 noon to 4:30pm and signposted from the A52 on the road between Derby and Ashbourne. If you're there please come and say hello. 🙂

Its a lovely garden, not as dramatic as Abbey House but well worth the visit. There was cake and coffee for sale last year. My two regrets are it isn't open for longer and I can't make it there this year.

Davie  8)

Yes, it certainly is lovely and I'm really looking forward to relaxing naked in the sunshine there later today. If anyone ian on the area I'd definitely recommend it. It's 12 noon to 4:30pm and signposted from the A52 on the road between Derby and Ashbourne. If you're there please come and say hello. 🙂

Borris, where is this what's it called? Maybe it's something I could go to next time it's open.
Thanks Jim

Its a lovely garden, not as dramatic as Abbey House but well worth the visit. There was cake and coffee for sale last year. My two regrets are it isn't open for longer and I can't make it there this year.

Davie  8)

Hi Jim,
It's called Burrows Gardens and it's west of Derby on the A52. Yesterday was superb but, sadly, it's only an annual event so far. (I wish it was more frequent. Maybe it will be in the future since birth times I've been it's seemed to be successful and there's little else for naturists in this next of the woods.) There is a beautiful garden, drinks and home made cakes available and the freedom to be nude with similar minded individuals for an afternoon. It was advertised in the BN site, but I'm not sure what the protocol here is about posting links so I erred on the side of caution.
Borr.

Thanks for that Borr I will defo look out for it for next year.  I/we need to find somewhere local (within 50 or so miles) that would make a great day out.

At last I ventured forth - back into the Peak District. The weather forecast looks poor for the rest of the week so I took advantage of what promised to be a reasonable day. I parked up at a car park on the High Peak Trail just south of Pikehall. I walked along the trail well clothed due not only because of the cyclists but a biting cold wind.

Eventually I arrived at the start of Longdale and I walked almost the entire length naked. It was sheltered from the wind but once I got home I found that I had reddened up though the breeze and the limited sunshine.

As I climbed out of Longdale I spotted a woman ahead so I covered up. She then disappeared. I came by a handy style and stopped for a coffee. I was about to strip off to enjoy some last minute nudity when I was aware of a party of about eight, six teenagers and two adults. They had been caving so they must haver literally popped up out of the ground fairly close by, a hazard I had not anticipated.

On entering Londdale I saw two stones on each side of the path with an inscription on both, some carved up-side-down. I later cam across three upright stones behind a drystone wall. There are part of the "sites of meaning" which you can find here I saw stones 9 and 10 and had I known about these stones before I would have found number 11.

All in all a great day out with reasonable weather and not too many people about.

Davie  8)

Been thinking about a walk on Thursday, and I think this post has probably helped me to pick it, so thank you. Hopefully will report back later in the week.

It was this or the walk down Wyming Brook we've done before, which in comparison is a little short.

Just reading this now, on Thursday evening. I wish I’d known before. Never mind, I’ll look forward to reading your report.

Well it was an exceptionally nice walk, couldn't thank Davie enough for having mentioned it here.

We started out from the car park on the High Peak trail, but walked a short distance along the road instead to enter Long Dale itself. As soon as we were out of sight of the road I was able to undress, and then spent the next 4 hours naked in the sunshine. My partner remained clothed and had to keep taking layers off and on during the walk, while I was able to stay comfortable without. Although the forecast was for 13C it felt warmer in the shelter of the dale, the one section where the footpath rises up the ridge before dropping back down again while a little cooler gave some commanding views of the surrounding landscape.
At the end of Long Dale we turned left up Gratton Dale which is even more enclosed but still able to capture the sun. Having walked up most of it we turned around and followed the same route back. Only toward the very end of the walk did we meet anyone, two couples who shared a hello and weren't bothered by my nudity. For those who prefer to cover up for such encounters (I don't like the faff if I don't HAVE to) it's so open there probably would have been time to do so.
Once we got near the road did I get dressed again, by which time I'd almost forgot I was naked, such was the state of mind brought about by this place.
I'm unsure how busy it would be at the weekend. More just glad we made the best of a rare weekday off together. It was so nice to find total peace and quiet in a very open environment, and enjoy a bit of carefree freedom. Certainly one to try again.

Some superb wildlife found along the way, which I'm not at liberty to describe here, just to say it was very nice to see such species in the Derbyshire Dales. This slowed us down a bit, the there and back route we did could probably be covered in little more than 2 hours if you keep on moving.

Would love to join you next time you walk in the Peaks.

I'll be honest guys, part of the sense of freedom is it being just me and my partner. I have a very VERY talky customer facing job, and being able to switch to a different mode just the two of us is quite important for me, so that's how we prefer it.
Hope you try this area yourselves though, it was superb today.

Another walk down Long Dale today. Being Good Friday we didn't set out with the intention of going nude as we expected at least a few more walkers than last time. As it happened a couple of miles in and it was obvious it wasn't going to be any busier at all, so off came my tops, bottoms and all. She's still just entertaining the idea of going naked, she would like to and she has in the past, but feels a little nervous to at the moment. She did go barefoot though, which I didn't, so she scores points there.

The walk is described here... http://www.peakwalking.co.uk/wp09.htm

She loves Gratton Dale so much that at the end of it we turned back and retraced our steps back up Long Dale and Friden. Doing that means turning back at what is roughly the half-way point which suits a naturist as it means doing 6 or 7 miles without crossing any roads or coming close to buildings. In all with observing the wildlife as well it was about 4 hours spent naked enjoying the sunshine. Somewhere a long the way she asked me how it felt and the only way I could describe it was that it felt 'like being on holiday' with the sense of freedom, of being away from it all, air on skin, in the peace and the quiet, and parts of the dales real suntraps too - forecast was only 21C today but she compared it to being abroad somewhere hot. All this only 40 minutes from home for us. It's just brilliant.
As for encounters, just a handful of people met on route, all adults so I didn't bother to cover. Let's see... a smiley lady walker, a slightly baffled looking but unalarmed male birdwatcher who I pointed out a wheatear for, and then a young couple the female half of which took the initiative and gave us a very cheerful, friendly, broad smiling 'HELLO!' before we could (I like to hope such encounters might just get them thinking they could try it too). Since it was a bank holiday the potential for families (who I was prepared to quickly cover up for) seemed higher but we saw none, presumably they all go up on the High Peak Trail instead or otherwise find Long Dale a little too remote from loos and ice cream outlets.

little too remote from loos and ice cream outlets.

Visited Westonbirt Arboretum with friends the other day - the car park was solid but anywhere 50 yards from the cafe was practically deserted. Guess the mobility habit is fading from human consciousness unless it’s along a high street or a shopping mall.

I must try this walk. Is the path clear to see? I very often camp at Bigin so not to far from this walk.