I'm new to visiting nudist beaches this summer. Any useful tips for a newbie?
I'm new to visiting nudist beaches 🏖️🌊 for the first time this summer in the UK as I've never really had the opportunity before and I'm loving the new found freedom that this brings after my third trip in two weeks yesterday. I have to say at this point that I'm a straight male aged 62 but young looking for my age, married with older grown up kids but my wife really hates lying around on the beach and prefers other leisure activities. She's happy to let me have my singleton beach trips though (every now and again, I don't want to make her a beach widow lol!).
I would really welcome any tips from the naturist community on any particular boxes I should aim to tick and things to avoid in order not to be mistaken for a meerkat or an interloper as I do still feel a little bit awkward at this stage and not quite fully in my comfort zone yet (although much better than I expected already due to the friendly, relaxed and respectful nature of all the people so far on the beach I visit). All my motives for getting undressed on the beach are entirely genuine and for the right reasons I hope (no voyeurism or exhibitionism etc), so I'm keen at this early stage not to give any misleading impressions.
The only slight issue I have experienced so far on a couple of occasions is mixed friendship groups of younger people (probably in their 20s) with some still partially clothed turning up and deciding it is a good lark to set up their spot on the beach really rather too close to where I'm sunbathing au naturel when there is actually plenty of spare room elsewhere on the beach which makes me wonder if they are surreptitiously checking me out in case there's a bit of novelty or entertainment value in it! But it's not too much of a problem (I try to stay un-phased by it and it doesn't really spoil my day). There's never really any interaction or staring, they are just a bit too close for comfort, but then again the beach can become quite busy at this time of year and maybe they just feel comfortable with pitching near me as I'm younger looking than many of the other single guys and older couples on the beach. I realise I'm probably being over sensitive and making this sound like a bit of a social minefield now lol! 😬.
Any tips or pointers gratefully received anyway and have a lovely summer everyone.