Tales of an Ancient Brit

A Long Summer in the Wilderness 2001

27 Jan 2012 06:48 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

Having taken early retirement from teaching and having no ties I am able to make the most of the summer. Over the years I have developed a love for the wilderness and would much prefer to watch the sun setting warmed by a camp-fire, wake up in the morn...

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Canoeing in Sweden 2003

27 Jan 2012 06:45 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

I caught the evening ferry from Harwich to Esbjerg in Denmark on Sunday 15th June arriving at lunchtime. In Denmark it is both legal and accepted practise to swim and sunbathe naked on all the beaches. There wasn’t much sun so I drove up to NW Jutland,...

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Canoeing in Sweden 1997

27 Jan 2012 06:42 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

After the 24 hour crossing from Harwich to Gothenburg I had a 200 mile drive to reach the small village of Tyfors where I was to start my 12 day canoe trip down the Svartalven river and lake system to Karlskoga. My small Canadian canoe is light enough...

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Exploring Sweden’s lakes and rivers

27 Jan 2012 06:38 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

Sweden is one of the most beautiful countries in Europe with a network of rivers and lakes in endless forests. The average Briton may imagine that a country so far north has little to offer the naturist, but they would be badly mistaken. In July and Au...

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Canuding

27 Jan 2012 06:36 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

A Canadian canoe is a wonderful platform for a naturist. You are open to the elements so you can feel sun or breeze on your body. Don’t confuse a canoe with a kayak which is much less stable and in which you are enclosed in the shell of the boat. Canoe...

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Ancient Brit on the GR11

27 Jan 2012 06:31 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

The GR11 is a long distance footpath traversing the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean on the Spanish side of the border. After caching some supplies along the route, I arrived at the French border town of Hendaye on the evening of 8th Au...

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The Pacific Crest Trail 2009

27 Jan 2012 06:28 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

The 2650-mile PCT is the longest purpose built footpath in the world and is in the wilderness with only occasional contact with 'civilisation' so it gives plenty of opportunity naturist hiking. It is a very varied trail starting in the deserts...

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The Pacific Crest Trail 2006

27 Jan 2012 06:20 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

After my successful through-hike of the 2650-mile in 2002, I returned for a second attempt. A combination of record winter snows and superb weather made this a very different hike than in 2002. Substantial snow-pack, a rapid snow-melt in the hot weathe...

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The Pacific Crest Trail 2002

27 Jan 2012 06:17 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

It’s 8th April 2002 and I’m standing by the security fence at the Mexican border at the start of the Pacific Crest Trail, looking north along a path stretching 2700 miles to the Canadian border. Thru-hiking this trail might be thought to be a tough cha...

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The Pacific Crest Trail 2000

27 Jan 2012 06:13 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

Unable to get round a golf course; unable to stand up for an hour at a time; early retirement from teaching because of a serious foot injury; surgeons giving me up as a dead loss. That was four years ago; now I was about to set out on a 600-mile walk...

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The Naked Munros

27 Jan 2012 06:08 PM | ancient brit in Tales of an Ancient Brit

In 2007 I set out to climb all the Munros; these are the 3000ft mountains of Scotland. There are 284 of them as well as 277 subsidiary tops which I was also going to attempt. I was basing myself in a small motor home from which I would start by day-hi...

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