Nudist pals take naked six-day tandem bike trip across England: One lady even thanked us

Two pals are causing a stir while completing a six-day tandem bike ride – both completely naked.Neil Cox, 36, and his friend, J Antic, 25, set off on Saturday on a naked 260-mile journey from Gloucester to Land’s End, Cornwall.The pair are both naturists — meaning they like to spend time in the nude — and wanted to see some natural beauty across the south west of England.Neil and J have cycled naked through Gloucester to Bristol, taken a trip to the Mendips and stopped off in Glastonbury.The pair have spent some nights camping and others in hotels or B&Bs, and even took some nude trips out shopping or to drink in bars while on their journey.Now in Cornwall, they’re on the last leg of their cycle — and say the response to them so far has been “overwhelmingly positive”.Neil, a finance worker, from Stoke, Cheshire East, said: “We did a bike ride down to Land’s End in 2022, and raised about £5k ($6,600 US).This time it’s been more for enjoyment.“We’re not far from the end now and we’ve had varied responses.“People on social media always have opinions — but we haven’t had many negative reactions.“People in Glastonbury were overwhelmingly positive, it was a bit overwhelming.“In Bristol people had a casual indifference, but that’s what we want to be the case really.“There were times I was worried about a negative reaction, but it was all in my head.“After we went through Glastonbury we did get dressed — but only because it was windy and chucking it down with rain!”Neil set off with J, who is from Peckham, southeast London, on Saturday and they cycled down to Bristol – before having an evening drinking.They went for drinks naked in a few central bars in Bristol and said the response was largely “indifferent” – they were just left alone to get on with their evening.They spent the Sunday working out the logistics of the rest of the route before setting off for the Mendip Hills, Somerset, on Monday.They have spent s...