Dare to BARE!

What better way for Christabel Smith to celebrate her 60th than in her birthday suit?

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How would my 30-year-old self have reacted to my 60th birthday plans? Most probably with a combination of horror and disbelief.

Once, my idea of a proper celebration would have involved dressing up to go to a swanky hotel. Now, three decades later, I was dressing down to a whole new level and packing (extremely light) for a positively improper adventure – a camping holiday in Antiparos, Greece.

The campsite offered 'carefree vacations in contact with nature'. Photos of bare bottoms showed exactly how closely in contact with nature... 'It's next to a nudist beach!' I squawked.

Immediately, my mind filled with images of people riding bikes and playing badminton in the altogether, but that was just based on 1969 film Carry on Camping. I'd comfortably whipped off my bikini top to sunbathe back in the day, but two children and many years later, I wasn’t sure I was ready to bare my body to the world.