Though my job is mainly office based, I have always been an outdoor person and loved the coast and trees [even as a baby I believe]. I don't exactly have hobbies as such, though I do practice bonsai [when I get time] but in terms of how I spend my free time you could say my hobbies are gardening & diy. My friends would laugh at that - my garden being a jungle [because I just can't resist a good plant, especially a tree] and as I'm great at starting projects inside but rather bad at finishing them off [that could well have something partly to do with why I'm still single]. As an example, after my second op last year, I was rather rough & thought it'd be ages until I'd be able to get back to work, so I decided to rip the kitchen out [not my best decision in retrospect]. The problem is, being an outdoor person, I just have to go outside when the sun's out. My favourite room in my house is the garden. [The trees/ heavy planting were partly to screen off some of it from neighbours].

I have sunbathed nude in private since I was relatively young [even as a teenager on occasion] and never thought it was a big deal. I don't go round shouting about it, but I am quite open about it to family & friends/ colleagues. They generally seem rather bemused by it ["don't burn your bits" being a common remark]. I started going to nudist beaches [many unofficial] about 30 years ago [earlier once or twice whilst on holiday on the continent] but had never become involved in the naturist community.

A couple of years ago a had a fairly major health scare after which I decided I would start to enjoy life how I wanted rather than how others thought I should. That resulted in my first trip to a naturist venue in November. I was lucky enough to meet a really nice couple there and so I thought, although I've got lifelong friends with whom I will always stay in touch, I should try to make some new friends who enjoy being naked as much as I do. I've joined a few sites with that in mind, hoping to find people to share visits with [to beaches etc] and to find new places to go where nudity is at least tolerated.

I'm quite ok with my own company but I'm a naturally chatty & friendly guy who will talk to just about anybody. I'm open-minded in that I think what people do is their own business as long as it doesn't harm anyone else and non-judgemental [typically I don't speak if I have nothing good to say about someone]. Most of my family say they like talking to me as I cheer them up [no point in dwelling on the bad things I think unless you know you can change them].