Unhappy Nude Year...

It's a question of start as you mean to go on for the Naked Rambler, Steven Gough, who has been jailed in Scotland again, this time for three months, after being found guilty of breach of the peace.

Gough, who is walking from Lands End to John o'Groats to campaign for the right to hike naked, was arrested on 29 November just hours after being released from prison after serving a three-month sentence for a similar offence. He was reported by a resident of Evanton, Easter Ross who spotted him walking naked through the middle of the village.

The sentence was backdated to December 1 since Gough has already served a month on remand. He's no been arrested numerous times, but has continued with his walk as a protest against the arrests.

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...

More details from this BBC story and from the Times Online. Finally thanks to OM member Darren Wheeler who spotted the story as soon as it appeared...