The 'Naked Rambler' jailed for 22 months, following arrest within 60 seconds of his release!

[Firky]

He reminds me Stanley Edwards

He's looking hard up these days compared to what he did look like:

 

[Greebo]

Excellent pic. I'm sure Stephen's fans were carvorting naked at Glasto etc in the 70s. <snip>

Maybe they were, if so, good for them.

 

[fractionMan]

He's looking hard up

*snigger*

 

[Spymaster]

IIRC in the documentary there was also a girl and another man walking with him but for some reason they split up. I thought he had already made it to John O'Groats but that he decided to carry on walking or something.

Shame he didn't keep walking north.

 

[Frankie Jack]

Naked rambler leaves Scotland behind as he heads for England

THE naked rambler left Scotland yesterday for the first time since being locked up for refusing to wear clothes in public.
Just days after being released from Saughton Prison in Edinburgh, Stephen Gough trekked across the Border near the village of Upper Hindhope.
With nothing but his trademark backpack and socks, a hat and walking boots to protect him from the October chill, he headed into Northumberland National Park.
Gough plans to head south to Southampton to visit his mother.
He said: “I’m really happy to be out of jail and visiting my mum – but all I can think about at the moment
is food. I’m very hungry.”

He's made it out of Scotland at last.

 

[quimcunx]

Yay!

 

[weltweit]

On that route, he should be coming right past me in a month or two !!

 

[Ax^]

Does he have any plan's to return to scotland




but to him finally being released

 

[weltweit]

Does he have any plan's to return to scotland

I doubt it, and what is more, I bet a lot of Scottish bobbies probably had to avert their gaze so that they could be rid of him to England.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Arrested again.

In Hebden Bridge of all places

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/oct/25/naked-rambler-stephen-gough-hebden-bridge

 

[cesare]

Arrested again.

In Hebden Bridge of all places

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/oct/25/naked-rambler-stephen-gough-hebden-bridge

Offended the posh hippies

 

[dylans]

It seems to me that its his absolute refusal to compromise in any way that has led to his repeated arrest and incarceration. I think the cops/judges etc want to find a way to around arresting him and locking him up but he doesn't seem to want to give them any alternative. I mean, if he agreed to end his naked walk after reaching a certain destination for example. Some goal or end point then maybe he could be allowed to finish his "mission" but a central part of his philosophy seems to be a refusal to offer any kind of compromise at all.

He has it in his head the not unreasonable belief that nudity is perfectly normal and that society is wrong for objecting to it. At one level he is right of course. It is stupid that society dictates we cover up our bodies. But he is faced with a legal system that doesn't know what to do with him except lock him up indefinitely. I am torn in my feelings towards him really. Part of me admires his uncompromising position.Another part of me thinks he's a fucking idiot for putting himself through so much grief over a principle that's not really that important.

 

[Greebo]

<snip>He has it in his head the not unreasonable belief that nudity is perfectly normal and that society is wrong for objecting to it. At one level of course he is right of course. It is stupid that society dictates we cover up our bodies. But he is faced with a legal system that doesn't know what to do with him except lock him up indefinitely. I am torn in my feelings towards him really. Part of me admires his uncompromising position.Another part of me thinks he's a fucking idiot for putting himself through so much grief over a principle that's not really that important.

With you on this, except that if you give in on over stuff that's not really that important, it's a lot more difficult to take a stand on the things which matter more to you.

 

[dylans]

With you on this, except that if you give in on over stuff that's not really that important, it's a lot more difficult to take a stand on the things which matter more to you.

Well yeah, I presume that's the principle that motivates him which is admirable at one level but, as his life demonstrates, the price you pay for such uncompromising adherence to such principles is a pretty high one

 

[Onket]

This is clearly important to him, though.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

What I want to know is why he has such a big rucksack. I used to do hiking, and the rucksack was full of the various layers of clothes needed for different weather, especially in winter. All he must have is his tent and cooking apparatus. He also says he is hungry so he has no food with him. How does he pay his way when walking? Is he expecting free handouts? I would think that on a cold October day he would be glad to be arrested, taken into a relatively warm cell and fed.

 

[dylans]

This is clearly important to him, though.

Well yeah but the question is why? Why is it so important to him or more pertinently why is it more important to him than other things in his life. He has kids right? I have to question why this principle is so important to him that he has to martyr himself for it at the cost of his life and liberty.

 

[Onket]

Well yeah but the question is why? Why is it so important to him or more pertinently why is it more important to him than other things in his life. He has kids right? I have to question why this principle is so important to him that he has to martyr himself for it at the cost of his life and liberty.

Fair enough. Personally I don't feel the need.

 

[weltweit]

bored of this now ....

 

[Onket]

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[Wilf]

Just another 250 miles till he reaches the Ecuadorian Embassy.

 

[shagnasty]

Do you think he likes the feel of prison pyjamas next to his skin.One thing is certain he is not going to give in

 

[Orang Utan]

He doesn't wear them!

 

[Wilf]

He's just in time to stand as Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire

 

[badseed]

I don't think I could handle the chafing from the bag.

 

[twentythreedom]

Fair play to him and all that but he's an idiot, achieving fuck all really

 

[nastybobby]

Arrested twice in Calderdale now, once in Hebden mentioned above and now in Halifax town centre after being bailed:

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/local/naked-rambler-trial-date-set-for-halifax-1-5069186

 

[Greebo]

I don't think I could handle the chafing from the bag.

Not so much the bag - fit it right and it really shouldn't move that much, but getting slapped by the dangling strap ends can become ever so slightly tiresome. And that's if they only hit your bare arms or legs.

 

[Wilf]

Not so much the bag - fit it right and it really shouldn't move that much, but getting slapped by the dangling strap ends can become ever so slightly tiresome. And that's if they only hit your bare arms or legs.

'And will sir be wearing the rucksack naked? For a small charge, we have a fitting service'.

 

[Greebo]

'And will sir be wearing the rucksack naked? For a small charge, we have a fitting service'.

Including trimming the strap ends?

Which reminds me, I really need to cut the chest strap off mine. It's never used as it goes across exactly the wrong area.