Later this month, women across Merseyside will be invited to strip off as part of the Great British Skinny Dip.
Interest in Naturism in the UK is reportedly "growing like never before" but one group in Wirral has recently been struggling to get more women to join their ranks. Carol, 71, who asked only to be identified by her first name, has been practising naturism for more than two decades and says being naked is "nothing to be ashamed of".
She told the ECHO : “It was around 2001 and I was a widow with two kids and the chap I met was already a naturist before he met me. It took me a while to get into it.