Folk will do anything for the sake of charity these days. No cause is worthy enough that we can't frown on somewhat shameless fundraising activities.
Diary, therefore, raises the thumb of high moral approval to the leader of Tendring DC for seeking to preserve the modesty of Clacton-on-Sea from a tide of middle-aged, flabby bodied, naked exhibitionists.
Over the past few weeks, the Essex coastal resort has been forced to deal with a sponsored skinny-dip on behalf of Marie Curie Cancer Care and a parade of 35 naked cyclists (Please don't go into detail about naked cycling – Ed!) campaigning for road safety.
Cllr Peter Halliday, the Conservative leader of Tendring said: ‘Clacton is a traditional family seaside resort and in my opinion people riding around on bikes with no clothes on does nothing to enhance our image – in fact it harms it.'
Apparently, he wants to get together with the police and others to put a halt to naked events in the local area before it all goes too far.
From the displays of flabby middle age spread we have had the misfortune to see so far, they'd better get their act together before naked darts and bingo hit Clacton sands.
