Naturist B&B has neighbours hot under collar
October 29, 2009 by Lydia Benns
Neighbours of what may be the UK’s first naturist bed and breakfast
have called for screening to be put up.
Resident Dianne Plimmer said the B&B, which is owned by Mike and Margaret Howard, of Domain Farm near Cellarhead, is too close to other houses.
Ms Plimmer said: “If they want to do that, they should screen themselves in.
“They should have bought somewhere completely out of the way, totally on its own.”
Jackie Beech, who owns farmland around the site, said: “We went to move some cattle.
“That was the first time we saw a man walking around with no clothes on and a cup of tea in his hand.
“My husband said ‘whatever’s going on here?
“I said ‘I don’t know, but I don’t want to see it on a regular basis’.”
The bed and breakfast owners said they “wandered around as nature intended throughout all the seasons”.
“Our guests are, typically very quiet, reserved people.
“They just want to be able to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air and hot tub without being gawped at.”
They added: “We have already put in additional planting for the ’secret garden’ area so that privacy and modesty is maintained for direct neighbours who are very important to us.”
Visitors to the farm at Cellarhead can stay in an en-suite log cabin with use of a hot tub plus continental breakfast for £50 a night. The B&B also welcomes non-naturists.
Thanks to the Daily Mail.
Image courtesy of Steve Woods.
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It seems to me that if Dianne Pimmer, Jackie Beech or others do not wish to see something, they should not look, or avert their gaze. Or, they have equal opportunity and responsibility to install screening if it is necessary for their visual comfort.
Naturists are well aware that some people are offended by nudity and so we generally do our best to avoid confrontation and do as Margaret and Mike are doing; plant trees and hedges to provide screening.
Hopefully, once their neighbours have got over their initial surprise, they will come to realise it is no big deal and wonder what all the fuss was about. It has been estimated, based on survey data, that there are about 1.2 million naturists in the UK and at least ten times that number who have enjoyed naked sun-bathing or skinny-dipping at some time in their lives. Hopefully the more articles like this one bring it to people’s attention, the more might be encouraged to give it a try. It is a very healthy pastime, both physically and psychologically, because it is so relaxing.
Of course, the more times this appears in the papers, the more publicity Margaret and Mike get.