It’s a beautiful early July summer’s day here on the prairies. With my morning tasks taken care of, I got into my truck and drove about seven kilometres out of town to hike down a road that is rarely used with the exception of a few farmers who use the trail to get to their fields of grain and hay. The trail began with a gentle downhill which within steps had me hidden from any dirt road traffic and fully…
We are in the midst of a heat wave. It began last Saturday and is expected to last another two weeks with temperatures approaching or well above 30C. Naturally, that only encourages me to spend even more time while skyclad, outdoors. Today, I begin to take my writing back outside while the weather is suitable for this activity. It is here that I am writing this blog post. My neighbour came over for a cup of tea a short while…
Today I have a continuing task begun yesterday in the late afternoon. With a neighbour’s help, I got the last four branches, the uppermost branches, off a Green Ash tree, which needs to come down to make room for three young birch trees. All turned out well with no damage to the younger trees, or my wife’s rose garden, or to the power line connecting to our house. Of course, that work was done while I wore shorts and a…
It’s one of those days here on the Canadian prairies with cloud, wind, showers, and a temperature hanging around 9 C. This is a sharp contrast from yesterday when it was in the mid-twenties, sunny, and enough breeze to keep mosquitoes hiding in the grass. For the most part, the biggest change that happens in terms of the “other” in a relationship has nothing to do with the actual changes in that “other”. Rather, it is how the “self” changes…
Eight days of hiking and 215 kilometres done not counting the extra kilometres walked in various locations once our destination for each day is completed. It’s enough to make a man feel a little fatigue. Many spots along the way would be conducive to nude hiking, however, not with the group I am walking with for the EPW. As well, some wilderness locations demand full body coverage with nettles growing more than waist high. They bite. I imagine that some…
Since our lodgings for the night are in the community centre in Szentpéterfa, which includes a library, I took advantage of the opportunity to check it out. The library showed no signs of human activity, so I risked a few photos such as this one with a bank of three skylights. From what I found out, the school uses the library with rare visits by other community members during the day. All the books are in Magyar, the language of…
The past two days have been busy with more than thirty kilometres walked as we wandered through the cities of Bratislava and Budapest. Bratislava was a city that was rough around the edges, but we’ll worth the time spent there. A contrast to other cities we have visited was the fact that so many statues featured women. In Budapest, we were surprised by a sense of pride and grandeur, a place of culture that was unique. It was both European…
There haven’t been any opportunities to be clothing free in Vienna outside of the apartment i rented for three days. So, this second day in Vienna, I resorted to taking a selfie in the apartment with my tablet which I am using to write my blog posts. Tomorrow we will be having plenty of social nude time while at Therme Wien hot springs. Today, we wandered through the western half of the city core. Sites taken in were the Freud…
I took another lawn-mowing photo. As usual, I mowed my neighbour’s lawns. I didn’t take a photo while in her backyard, mowing while nude. Once both back yards were done, I mowed both front lawns while wearing shorts. Well, all was fine or so I thought. My neighbour watched me mow her back lawn and commented to me wife about it. Discussion on what I did is being tabled until our return from Europe in June. Anyone who claims to…
Well, I have unpacked my backpack at least twice for the purposes of removing unnecessary weight [clothing]. I was able to reduce my backpack by about one kilogram [2.2 lbs] as a result of my efforts. The likelihood of yet another unpacking are likely nil, but I won’t hold my breath. I added in this journal given to me by my eldest daughter. I think I am ready for the European Peace Walk. I will be taking my camera, a Sony α6000,…