The 85 year old Naked Village is going to give an interesting insight into Britain’s oldest naturist colony.
You don’t have to go around naked to live there, but you might feel a bit out of place.
Swimming, household chores and drinking at the local pub are all done in the nude.
There’s even a naked body-art festival and naked yoga.
82-year-old Spielplatz resident Iseult Richardson, whose father Charles Macaskie founded the village, has lived there all her life and insists that they all ‘live normal lives’.
She told The Mirror: ‘There is no difference between naturists and people who live up the street.
‘We all live normal lives but are just lucky enough to live in this extraordinary place. It’s like a small estate.’
Laid bare: Iseult a resident since 1930. Here in her younger years
Some residents still prefer clothes
The village was founded by Iseult’s father Charles Macaskie, who bought the leafy 12-acre site for £500 in 1929.
It’s in Bricket Wood, a few miles outside St Albans, and is a permanent home to the owners of 34 of its smart little bungalows.
There are another 24 houses available to rent to summer visitors.
The mainly two-bed bungalows come with all mod cons, including mains electricity, water and sewage.
The heart of the village is its club house where the residents get together in the altogether for discos, karaoke sessions, quiz nights and pool tournaments.
A few hundred yards away, unsuspecting motorists crawl past on the busy M1 motorway.
Elsewhere villagers are dealing with those family members of residents who don’t fancy stripping off when they come over. Some are insisting that getting naked should be a condition of visiting.
*** Really? In this day and age? ***
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