South Lodge Garden

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On Sunday we visited South Lodge Garden in Clearwell, Gloucestershire - they are part of the National Gardens Scheme but opened specially for a clothes-optional visit organised by a local naturist group. And what a lovely garden it was, helped of course by it being a warm sunny day. Keep an eye out for their open days - well worth a visit, clothed or not....
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Old Sarum

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On Friday, I had a day off and we headed out to Old Sarum, just outside Salisbury - site of an Iron Age fort/castle. I'd seen it on TV a couple of years ago and it looked fascinating. It was actually pretty interesting, and an absolute bargain at £3.90 to get in - free if you're an English Heritage member. Having been National Trust members for a few years, we are considering jumping ship to EH for a change. ...
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Butterfly World

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A couple of weekends ago I took a trip up to Butterfly World near St Albans - a butterfly conservation centre. And it was another clothes-optional thing, which was nice. They have a number of small gardens, each designed by different people, some of which were rather good, plus a butterfly house and an ant house. The main learning from the day was that I need a new macro lens - the £100 Cosina one I bought 10+ years ago isn't very good. Oh, and that photographing ants is bloody difficult! ...
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BN Photo Weekend

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I spent last weekend helping to run a photography weekend for British Naturism - we had a dozen photographers of varying levels of experience, and we were helping them get more from their cameras, moving away from "auto" mode. I also did a piece on portrait photography (styles, techniques), while m'colleague Steve covered Adobe Lightroom and some Photoshop techniques. On the second day, Steve had arranged for a couple of models to come in and we did some outdoor portraits and a bit of studio work - all very tasteful and artistic. The grounds of the club we used (Oxnat) are a lovely piece of woodland covered in bluebells, which made for a great backdrop. ...
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