Who’s Coming Skinny Dipping With Me?

I’ve had an idea.

That sentence usually makes sensible people nervous.

We’ve just slipped into autumn, there’s already a definite nip in the air, and instead of thinking about blankets, soup and locating the hot-water bottle, my brain has gone:

Skinny dip.

Obviously.

But actually… why not?

I want us to organise an Eira skinny dip for Naturism Wales.

Nothing enormous or overcomplicated. Just a group of us, somewhere beautiful in Wales, stripping off, getting into the water together and almost certainly discovering that I was considerably braver while writing this than I am when cold water reaches my stomach.

I can already hear myself.

No, no, it’s lovely once you’re in.

It isn’t, Eira.

Your knees have gone blue.

But there’s something wonderfully simple about it. No equipment extravaganza. No dressing up. No worrying about what anybody looks like. Just people, water, laughter and that little shared moment of madness that becomes a memory afterwards.

And I think we need more of those.

We’d do it properly, of course. Late-September open water deserves respect. The RNLI recommends checking weather and tides, entering cold water slowly, staying within your depth and never dipping alone. Most Welsh lifeguard patrols have also now finished for the season.

Natural Resources Wales is still monitoring Wales’s 114 designated bathing waters until 30 September, so once we know where everyone is coming from, we can investigate a suitable location and check the available water-quality information too.

So I’m throwing this one over to you.

Would you come skinny dipping with me?

If enough dragons say yes, we’ll stop talking about it and organise the bloody thing.

And then I’ll have to get in.

Oh God.

Who’s in — and where in Wales should we do it?