NetNude - Gymnos 1997 Report

GYMNOS - ENGLAND 1997
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Gymnos, London area, England.

This swim takes place every Tuesdays and Fridays from 9pm to 10pm 
at Haggerston Baths,  a newly-remodeled recreation center.  This 
is an all-male swim. 

Directions:  From Liverpool Street Station (Bishopgate exit) take 
either Bus 22A, 22B or #149 north on Shoreditch High Street (it 
turns into Kingsland Road). You will pass Geffrye Museum on the 
right.  At Whiston Road, walk east about 1/4 mile to Haggerston 
Baths on the left.

This is a 'first experience' report.

Swimming: In The Nude!

Well folks, here I am a man in his mid forties, not a naturist 
due to my pear shaped body. Not that the idea does not appeal, in 
fact I have always been fascinated by being naked and frequently 
walk around the house naked, but in public, No-Way. All my life I 
have been overweight and , ugh, well the other bits have been 
nothing to write home about. So when a friend suggested that I 
join him for some skinny dipping the answer was a resounding NO. 
Anyway, just what goes on at a male only nude swimming club? I 
was sure that I didn't want to know. Not that I hadn't tried it 
before, 
you understand, but last time I was a 15 year kid and that's what 
fifteen year old kids do when there are no grown ups around but 
it is not what middle aged men do. After about six months of 
trying my friends finally gave up on me as a lost cause. I kinda 
missed the attention and after a couple of ales one night I said 
I would like to try it. Gee, done it now, Can't go back on my 
word. 

So off to London we go one Tuesday night. I really wanted to be 
somewhere else. We walked along to the pool, my friends turned 
into the entrance and I carried on walking down the street. Ah, 
but there was no escape as I soon felt a hand on my collar. God, 
I wanted to disappear. So I got undressed and tried my best to 
look unworried as I walked to the edge of the pool. I felt like 
everyone in the place was watching me and laughing. It was awful. 
I jumped in the deep end, swam the length of the pool, turned 
swam back. Kept that up all night, just swimming back and forth. 
Others were standing around chatting, some playing with a ball, 
some getting out and diving in. Me, I just swam back and forth. 
After a few lengths I realized that it wasn't so bad after all. 
In fact it felt good. I mean it really felt GOOD. I was enjoying 
it. What's more most of the men had bodies like mine, ordinary, 
not athletic gods, just normal folk. It was wonderful, I felt 
free, I was having fun and I vowed to go back again. 

Needless to say I have been back and will keep going back 
whenever time allows, even though it means a 120 mile round trip 
of an evening. 

If you have not tried it then you must give it a go...you'll love 
it.
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