Yesterday (22 August), I met up with a friend (who shall remain nameless per his request) at Stevenage railway station. We planned to walk from St Nicholas church in the north of Stevenage, to Baldock, being naked as much as possible.
We made our way from the station to the church, stopping off at a shop on the High Street on the way. Walking along The Avenue (or Conker Avenue as we called it when I was a child), my friend said it might be a good place for a brave naked walk during the evening, but I thought that would be very difficult!
At the church, we found the monument to the novelist E. M. Forster and entered Forster Country, which is the only farmland remaining within the borough of Stevenage. We got around a corner out of view from houses and stripped off, not getting far before a woman walking her dog appeared. We quickly put our shorts back on but she saw everything. Nothing was said and we moved on.
Further along, we came across some horse riders and farmers ploughing their fields, so still no chance to undress. We approached Manor Farm where someone was practicing show jumping on their horse. There were horses in a field and some chickens.
As we moved away from the farm, we were able to undress again, but could see the first horse riders in the distance, so made sure we could see them in the distance and that they weren't coming back towards us. I photographed my friend in a field. We dressed again as we approached a road, and then by another farm building we followed the public footpath signs into a field that appeared to normally contain cattle, though it was empty when we were there.
We rested under a tree and made a decision about which route to take next. We carried on and came across a stile that was totally redundant as there wasn't a fence. More farmland and then we took a slightly wrong turn as we were looking at a couple, thinking they had taken the path we needed, but decided we could overtake them as they appeared to be picking blackberries. They weren't though, and told us we had come the wrong way. We weren't far off though and ended up walking around their house, through a field of cows (who kept staring at us) and then into another field before reaching the village of Weston, still with no opportunity to undress.
After Weston we were able to undress again and stay undressed until we reached the bridge over the A505. I considered crossing naked there but when I got closer I thought I'd better not! We undressed again after the bridge and weren't far off the point where we would have had to dress for the final time when we saw people in the distance, so had to dress slightly early.
We headed into Baldock and stopped for tea and a small bite to eat, and then went to the train station to make our ways home.
It was a rather enjoyable day for me and I took several photos which you can see here, but you'll need a Flickr account to see the few nude photos of my friend.
This part of the Hertordshire countryside is rather beautiful and I'd love to explore it more on my own.
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