”No, I am not taking my clothes of,” I exclaim. “But it’s a nudist beach,” she retorts. “But it’s February,” I reply. “But it’s Valentines Day,” she insists.
It’s 14 February 2019 and I have invited Deb, a local photographer, to take few photos of me doing my swim from the little-known White Pebble nudist beach round to the Tunnels, Ilfracombe, the popular Victorian bathing pools. I will not waver in my intentions of keeping my wetsuit very much on and of course Deb is relieved that she won’t be needing the extra extra zoom on her camera…