We are still working on more 2012 dates. Please let us know if you would like a visit to anywhere; if you can arrange a visit or even invite members to your home to use your garden or have a barbecue. Let’s work together to meet as many other members as possible.

24 March Alton Leisure centre evening. 7.30-10.30. Swim, diving pool, flume, sauna, steam, hot tub, squash, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, miniten, trampoline, ball park, fitness suite, shuffleboard and cafeteria. Tickets for all 5 evenings in 2012 £45 (SLC members), £50 non members, or a single evening £10 payable in advance. Cheques/POs made payable to SLC to be sent with SAE to SLC, 49A Spielplatz, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans AL2 3TD. £12.50 on the night – the first increase for many years and we are providing more facilities.

14 April Springtime Skinny Dip. Clothes-optional pool party at the Prince Regent swimming complex, Church Street, Brighton BN1 1YA. 7pm – 9pm. Fundraising pool party for this summer’s 7th Brighton Naked Bike Ride. Four pools, water slide, sauna, steam room, snacks and drinks, disabled access. Tickets £3 advance / £5 on door, under-16s free (accompanied by adult). Tickets available from: Eco Logic Cool, 46 Sydney Street, Brighton BN1 4EP. 01273 606077 or Online here.
Proceeds to Brighton Naked Bike Ride and related events.
For further information contact:
brighton@worldnakedbikeride.org or call 07812 036415
No photography. Right of admission reserved.
After-party: Stutdisko bike-themed club night at the Cowley Club.

14/15 April. Camping weekend at Bower Valley, Kent. Basic site, with a wood to explore and time to relax. Same prices as 2007, £3 for a tent/caravan or motorhome plus £2 per person per night. All proceeds are donated to Rolvenden Cat Rescue. There is a café a short walk away within World of Water for those who do not want to do all their own cooking. These weekends are exclusively for Shabden members/NL subscribers.

April Holiday in France – details from Suzanne.

28 April SWOC (South Western Outdoor Club) Open Day. Located in Dorset near to Batcombe. For an invitation contact Christine Ashford on 07766974555, or email; secretary@swoc-naturist.co.uk.

12-13 May Open Photography Weekend at South Western Outdoor Club. For more details email; secretary@swoc-naturist.co.uk.

19 May Butterfly World project. 6-9pm. Concession price tickets (£1 off) £6 adults, £5 concessions and £4 children are available from half an hour before this time although of course you are welcome to arrive at any time – but no kit off until six please.

26 May WNBR Portsmouth, 1pm, Rose Gardens, The Esplanade.

26-27 May Camping weekend at Bower Valley, Kent. Basic site, with a wood to explore and time to relax. Same prices as 2007, £3 for a tent/caravan or motorhome plus £2 per person per night. All proceeds are donated to Rolvenden Cat Rescue. There is a café a short walk away within World of Water for those who do not want to do all their own cooking. These weekends are exclusively for Shabden members/NL subscribers.

1 June WNBR: Manchester, 6pm, All Saints Park, Oxford Road near MMU.

8,9,10 June WNBR Southampton, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Exeter, Sheffield, Canterbury, Bristol, York – details awaited. There may be other towns/cities as well.

9 June WNBR: London, SE corner of Hyde Park, 3pm.

10 June WNBR: Brighton, Preston Park, Preston Road, Brighton – note new start location. Starts 12 noon.

23-24 June & 13-14 July Camping weekend at Bower Valley, Kent. Basic site, with a wood to explore and time to relax. Same prices as 2007, £3 for a tent/caravan or motorhome plus £2 per person per night. All proceeds are donated to Rolvenden Cat Rescue. There is a café a short walk away within World of Water for those who do not want to do all their own cooking. These weekends are exclusively for Shabden members/NL subscribers.

30 June Skinny Dip at the Pells, Lewis, Sussex. Details to follow.

28 July World Naked Bike Ride, northern hemisphere – for those further north where June is still too cold!

18 August Butterfly World project. 6.30-9.30pm. Concession price tickets (£1 off) £6 adults, £5 concessions and £4 children are available from half an hour before this time although of course you are welcome to arrive at any time – but no kit off until 6.30pm please.

19 August Members’ meeting at Suzanne’s home in Spielplatz. Please note a day visit fee is payable if you wish to use any of Spielplatz facilities. Why not make a weekend of it and book chalet accommodation? Tents are also available to hire.

End August, beginning September Holiday at Riva Bella, Corsica. More details later. Direct flights to Bastia. There are deals which include accommodation, half board and car hire.

22 September Alton Leisure centre evening. 7.30-10.30. Swim, diving pool, flume, sauna, steam, hot tub, squash, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, miniten, trampoline, ball park, fitness suite, shuffleboard and cafeteria. Tickets for all 5 evenings in 2012 £45 (SLC members), £50 non members, or a single evening £10 payable in advance. Cheques/POs made payable to SLC to be sent with SAE to SLC, 49A Spielplatz, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans AL2 3TD. £12.50 on the night – the first increase for many years and we are providing more facilities.

27 October Alton Leisure centre evening. 7.30-10.30. Swim, diving pool, flume, sauna, steam, hot tub, squash, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, miniten, trampoline, ball park, fitness suite, shuffleboard and cafeteria. Tickets for all 5 evenings in 2012 £45 (SLC members), £50 non members, or a single evening £10 payable in advance. Cheques/POs made payable to SLC to be sent with SAE to SLC, 49A Spielplatz, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans AL2 3TD. £12.50 on the night – the first increase for many years and we are providing more facilities.

1 December Alton Leisure centre evening. 7.30-10.30. Swim, diving pool, flume, sauna, steam, hot tub, squash, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, miniten, trampoline, ball park, fitness suite, shuffleboard and cafeteria. Tickets for all 5 evenings in 2012 £45 (SLC members), £50 non members, or a single evening £10 payable in advance. Cheques/POs made payable to SLC to be sent with SAE to SLC, 49A Spielplatz, Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans AL2 3TD. £12.50 on the night – the first increase for many years and we are providing more facilities.

Abbey House Gardens Clothes Optional days 2012. Located in Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9AS. 27th May 2012, 17th June 2012, 15th July 2012, 12th August 2012, 2nd September 2012. 11.00 – 17.3 Adults £8.00, concessions £7.00, family £18 (2 + 2), children 5 – 15 £3. Parking in car park next to the gardens costs 50p for 4 hours or £1 all day.

Walking with Somerset Strolling Bears. For more information visit our yahoo group.

Ken Leach invites other members to his home at Wantage, Oxfordshire, to use the secluded corner of his garden for nude sunbathing or his very comfortably heated home. Please ring Ken Leach 01235 763902 for directions. As Ken is now virtually housebound he really would like fellow subscribers to visit and will take them out for a pub lunch – he would love to have someone to talk to.

Visit Spielplatz any time. If you would like to spend the day, a special day visit charge applies. Show your membership card at reception to receive this reduction.Why not make a weekend, short or longer break of it and take advantage of the caravan/camping pitches available? Spielplatz has two chalets to rent (book now). To book a pitch or accommodation please contact Spielplatz direct on 01923 672126. Bricket Wood railway station a mile away, is served by trains from Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey. Alternatively, travel to Watford Junction or St Albans City stations and take a taxi or the 321 bus. (At St Albans, walk or take a bus to the city centre to catch the 321.) By bus: Lye Lane bus stop on route 321 (Watford-St Albans-Harpenden-Luton) is about 700m away. Every 30 mins weekdays, hourly in the evenings and on Sundays. By car: from the M25, leave at Junction 21A, exit roundabout on A405 to St Albans, at next roundabout (by Noke Thistle hotel and petrol station), go all the way round and back down the A405, left into Lye Lane, taking care as this is a country lane. Spielplatz is about 700 metres on your left. For more information contact Sue 020 3239 9538.

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