I figured the easiest and cheapest way to try social/public nudism would be a nude beach.
I was on holiday by myself on sort of a break from work and everything and thought as part of my time I would try something I had wanted to try for ages but never had the chance. I would check and find out if there were any nudist beaches nearby where I was staying in Dorset. A brief internet search later and I was presented by what seemed to be the best option: Studland beach near Swanage. It does have a designated nudist section which was good as I did not want to accidentally end up on the wrong side of the law, particularly on my first time.
I figured I wouldn't need to take that much with me, considering I was going to a nudist beach so I packed a towel and a few essentials and set of, feeling slightly nervous at what I was about to do.
It was easy enough to find following a sat nav, and cost £6 for a day's parking in the National Trust car park which seemed a fairly good deal. It was about 20 minutes walking from the car park to the nudist area. I was walking along the top of the dunes with my heart in my mouth. I felt as if everyone I passed was judging me and knew where I was going even though I was fully clothed at this point. I'm not sure why I had this feeling, but I put it down to nerves and continued.
I eventually came upon the reason I had come: a sign marking the edge of the nudist area. I took a breath and stepped passed the sign, now officially on the nudist beach. I carried on walking, looking for a good place to settle down and do this thing. I passed a couple of naked older couples and a single man and it finally felt real. I relaxed quite a bit on seeing other nudists, mainly confirming that I was in the right place. I found a spot near the base of the dunes and lay out my towel.
I had reached the moment of truth. It was time to strip off. I was a little concerned about the textiles walking past closer to the water, but I figured that they would not be going anywhere in a hurry and I wouldn't be the first naked person they had seen that day. I took my shirt off. Nothing big in that really. I took my shorts off. Now I was sitting on my towel in my underwear.
It was at this point things started to change. I started to feel out of place and quite comical, sitting there in underwear on a nudist beach. I gripped the edge of my underwear and in a single movement, removed it, exposing my penis and balls to the world. It felt brilliant. The sun fell on parts of me that had not seen sunlight properly in years. The second everything was out, I felt much calmer and relaxed than I had been before. I couldn't quite believe it. There I was, naked, outside, with others around (and not all of them being nudists), my dick and balls on show for anyone to see. I felt very liberated.
I was fully expecting the most dreaded thing of a first-time male nudist: a throbbing erection. There was some slight enlargement as a reaction to being exposed to the sun, wind and passing strangers and I understood what I had read about erections not being that common in social nudist settings. However, just as this crossed my mind, a chap descended the dunes about 5 feet to my right, sporting a large, curved boner, so clearly, they do happen, just don't make a big song and dance about it.
I settled back to enjoy the rest of the day with a book and to watch the world go by. As the afternoon passed, I got an erection. I figured the best way to deal with it would be to just let nature take its course. As I was positioned with my feet towards the sea, my knees bent, the only people who could really have seen the aroused state of my dick would have been anyone passing above me on the dunes or directly in front of me. I found the latter kind of exciting. People would have been looking at me deliberately to see properly, so they really couldn't complain about what they saw.