 10 out of 10 for perserverence!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3376521.stm
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 Bless him.
"There is no law which says thou shalt not go naked."
Bonkers, just bonkers!
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But hae only has 100 miles to go now
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 But it's getting kind of chilly - I reckon he'd be well advised to have a break and return in the spring time then get it done before the midgies come out to play again.
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Could soon be due a visit to casualty with a nasty does of frostbite.
"Nurse, take away the pain, but leave the swelling!
<hat, coat, gloves, scarf - GONE!>
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Jon, perhaps yo could get an exclusive interview when he finally finishes his LETJoG?
Stephen Gough, errrrrr, uncovered!
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 "Here at OM we still reckon the constant harassment of Gough is a colossal waste of public money. Clearly the whole thing is based on a fundamental misunderstanding. Gough is quoted as saying that: "There is no law saying thou shalt not go naked." Unfortunately for him, the police don't quite see it that way..."
Unfortunately for the naked rambler indecent exposure IS illegal in the UK and as far as wasting public money, Stephen Gough is in control of that. I wonder what his sentence would be for exposing himself to school children. I'm sure he'll end up walking past a few schools if he continues to waste police time in a ridiculous publicity stunt.
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 I think the kid issue is a bit of a red herring John as it isn't as if he is exposing himself in a sordid or sexual way. Were he leaping out from behind a bush wearing a mac and brandishing a bag of lemon bonbons in order to lure kids away then it would be a different matter, but he isn't.
We are all humans, so why should it be considered 'evil' for children to see the human form? Hell, they'll see it every time they are taken on a school trip to any decent museum (if the government still provides enough funding for such luxuries), albeit not 'in the flesh', and anyway, from my limited experience of teaching and caring for kids it would provide hilarious conversation in the playground for weeks.
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Yeah fair enough but he is wasting public money...
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 Wasting public money, that'll be the person that dialled 999 in Evanton when he saw him.
The police would not be wasting time if it wasn't for idiots like that.
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Unfortunatly some people will dial 999 for trivial things such as a car with no tax. Just a shame their energies weren't put to better use.
The las is a bit of an ass in this area because only a man can be prosecuted under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847. This law makes it an offence to expose one's "person" to the annoyance of "passengers or residents" and it specifically stipulates that "person" means "penis". Women can parade around naked as the day they were born. Breach of the Peace can be used, but as soon as he is arrested and put in say, a police van the BoP ceases to exist.
So any ladies fancy a little nude hiking? Ann Whiddicombe excluded. :0
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 I'm very much against his selfish campaign. It *IS* against the law and people do find it offensive, me included. Call me a prude if you want to but I think some basic moral values and common sense are lacking here.
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 Anyone for a nude OM meet?
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You first!
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Not a snowball's chance in hell!!
It's a man's game, nude rambling, something of a spectator sort for girls and half-marmots!
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 I don;t agree. I think a female should go out in symathy. I bet she would not get arrested, and then the bloke can claim sex discrimination and get released. I also think if he or she carried a big placard saying "I'm doing it to raise funds for Save the Children" prople would be less likely to call the police.
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Are you volunteering Alison?
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 I don't see any connection between nudity and morality. I think it's just the association some people make between nakedness and sex, especially in the UK. It's largely a matter of context and familiarity. Michaelangelo's David isn't generally regarded as obscene, and yet it is of a naked figure, as is much art. We all have bodies, so there's not really much that we should be shocked by. We accept nudity and semi-nudity on the beach, and yet don't allow it a few hundred metres away. All rather inconsistent, really...
There are more practical, common sense reasons why nudity isn't appropriate most of the time, especially in a climate such as ours. That's the main reason we started wearing clothes, after all, to protect ourselves from the elements.
I can't say that it's my 'thing', but I don't really have too much objection to anyone who wants to wander around naked. Unless they're gargantuan wobble-bottoms.
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and of course, did Adam and Eve wear much more than figleaves?
It is a very british thing to be embaressed about nudity compared to places like Sweden. I blame the Victorians for it all. The human body is a beautiful thing.
<nervously looking in mirror in celling>
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 Any one who goes naked in Scotland with all those milloins of b*stard midges about has got to be barking mad.
However, I have to agree with Darren and the Cap'n. We go nude on beaches and topless too. And yet if it's elsewhere, there's this big hue and cry. We Britons can be very hypocritical. And what's the difference between a guy or a girlie doing it? If a woman can get away with it, why can't Goughy?
I don't have any objections to nudity anywhere. It's perverts and pedophiles I object to.
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