'I go to my local pub naked - the experience is very liberating... but a little bit cheeky!'

A naturist has revealed how he attends his local pub naked - and says the experience is "liberating".

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Colin Unsworth, 55, says he has gone completely nude to his closest watering hole alongside his partner Sadie Tann, 35, for some of his favourite musicians since 2022.

The wild foraging teacher has been a naturist for over a decade, first getting involved aged 42 with the sponsored World Naked Bike Ride in Manchester in 2012.

Colin said that he strips down to spread the message of body positivity and also raise awareness for mental health.

Though he says he received some backlash from strangers he has revealed "most of the time" he is met with "positivity" and "admiration" for being "comfortable" in his own skin. He said: "We strip down in the car and go inside without clothes on.

"There are four pubs we go to and we had to build up relationships with the owners and staff to let us do it. At the shows people always ask questions saying I must be 'super confident' but mainly I accept and am comfortable in my own skin.

"Body shame has done a lot of damage to people - modern society holds a moral shame over a naked body but that should never be the case."