I was looking (online) for a new bikini. My old one is, I think, over 10 years old. Old enough that I cannot remember how old it is!

And the internet is full of totally ridiculous tiny pieces of cloth being sold as bikinis. I’m no prude but when wearing a bikini requires not just a shaved bikini line but a shaved everything, and it looks like it barely covers the relevant body parts, the whole thing looks indecent, frankly, and faintly disgusting (to the point that I don’t want that picture on my blog). Better to go naked, then: I would prefer wholesome natural nudity to this affected “covering up”.

Swimwear appears to fall into two categories. On the beach you bare everything (limited only by your notions of decency); in the swimming pool you wear a one-piece swimsuit. There’s very little in between – very few bikinis that look like they would be comfortable and actually allow me to move as well.

In the end I found some from BonPrix that appear comfortable, although they do make me think of middle-aged ladies… But then again I will mostly be using mine in a middle-aged setting (in the swimming pool with Ingrid), not strutting around on the beach like a teenager, so I guess it’ll sort of fit in.