The older I get the less I do the cold. I used to live in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, some 520k (320 miles) closer to the south pole. I love Wellington. I love the cafes, the arts and culture and the compact nature of a city contained by geography. I spent some formative teenage years there and Wellington always has a place in my heart. Wellington has a tagline that its council and residents frequently bring out: “You can’t beat Wellington on a good day”, which is very true. Unfortunately, the good days are few and far between. For all the positives about the city, I got tired of making excuses for its weather. Wellington is known to get a bit windy. The cold wind comes straight up from the polar southern ocean, and when it is wet, the rain comes at you more horizontally than vertically.
You are deprived from enjoying naturism outside because of the adverse weather as you live nearby south pole. Whereas I am deprived from enjoying naturism outside just because of adverse legal laws. Just as you don't have control over weather, I don't have over lawmakers.
I’m definitely not a fan of the cold. My family and I have lived all over and always threw ourselves into the local culture and area, no matter the weather. So when you mention sideways rain, I’m familiar. Add in things like freezing rain, hail, sleet, snow, and blizzards...been there too! But I grew up in a warm climate and have settled in a warm climate. A naturist friendly climate is an obvious benefit. But more or less, I just complain about the weather a lot less, which undoubtedly makes Mrs Naturist4life happier.
I’ll leave the naked in the snow and polar bear plunge events to others. I’ll stick with wearing shorts, or less, year round.
Apart from the patch of snow, Paul Simon's lyrics are certainly seen in the skies over the water in the photo! And it was indeed nippy! Although I advertised the event far and wide in all our local community noticeboards on social media and on a couple of local radio stations, I wasn't really that surprised that only seven of us were crazy enough to partake. Even the threat of more rain would have put most people off. But it was the first time we'd used the event as a charity fundraiser (for youth mental health) so it was certainly worthwhile.
I don't really do cold weather either, but if it's a clear and sunny winter day the radiant heat from the sun is usually enough to stay warm enough for a few hikes, which we've managed to do. But it's heartening to know that we're now over the solstice "hump" and back on the way to summer - like another of Paul Simon's songs:
"Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
You are deprived from enjoying naturism outside because of the adverse weather as you live nearby south pole. Whereas I am deprived from enjoying naturism outside just because of adverse legal laws. Just as you don't have control over weather, I don't have over lawmakers.
Somewhere the sun is shining, somewhere natural people are enjoying summer. As an outdoor naturist I don't much enjoy winter either.
I’m definitely not a fan of the cold. My family and I have lived all over and always threw ourselves into the local culture and area, no matter the weather. So when you mention sideways rain, I’m familiar. Add in things like freezing rain, hail, sleet, snow, and blizzards...been there too! But I grew up in a warm climate and have settled in a warm climate. A naturist friendly climate is an obvious benefit. But more or less, I just complain about the weather a lot less, which undoubtedly makes Mrs Naturist4life happier.
I’ll leave the naked in the snow and polar bear plunge events to others. I’ll stick with wearing shorts, or less, year round.
"Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground"
Apart from the patch of snow, Paul Simon's lyrics are certainly seen in the skies over the water in the photo! And it was indeed nippy! Although I advertised the event far and wide in all our local community noticeboards on social media and on a couple of local radio stations, I wasn't really that surprised that only seven of us were crazy enough to partake. Even the threat of more rain would have put most people off. But it was the first time we'd used the event as a charity fundraiser (for youth mental health) so it was certainly worthwhile.
I don't really do cold weather either, but if it's a clear and sunny winter day the radiant heat from the sun is usually enough to stay warm enough for a few hikes, which we've managed to do. But it's heartening to know that we're now over the solstice "hump" and back on the way to summer - like another of Paul Simon's songs:
"Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
Give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away"
Aa reader from the United States centigrade is a scale I don’t understand and makes no sense to me. Thank you for including Fahrenheit.