A man who walked across Britain wearing only a hat, boots and an old sack has completed his marathon trip. He celebrated by putting his real clothes back on.
"It's nice to get warmed up again," said Stephen Gough, 46, after he finished his walk.
Gough and his partner, 34-year-old hairdresser Melanie Roberts, completed the last 32.2km of their 1,363km walk from Land's End in southwest England in temperatures of about 5C.
"It has been pretty cold and the locals have been coming up to us offering us whisky and all sorts (of things)," said Gough. "They've been very, very friendly. We passed a school and there were even parents coming out with video cameras."
Gough, a former soldier who did his first naked walk in 2004, said he would certainly consider doing this kind of stunt again.
The first time he walked across the country naked, he was slowed down because he was arrested 14 times and had to serve two jail terms.
The same thing happened to him this time as well. In September of 2005, he was put in jail for two weeks for breaching the peace by walking naked along the A701 highway near the Scottish capital, Edinburgh.
After that, he had to serve a two-month sentence for breaching his bail conditions.
Gough and Roberts finished the final leg of their journey without any problems, although they were detained twice after some people complained, including an angry church minister. No charges were brought. (AFP)
一名男子只戴了一頂帽子、穿著一雙靴子和一個舊布袋，步行橫跨英國，完成了他的馬拉松之旅，之後穿回自己的衣服以示慶祝。
結束這次徒步之旅後，四十六歲的史帝芬．高夫說：「身體又暖起來真好。」
高夫和他三十四歲的髮型設計師同伴馬連．羅伯茲在全長一千三百六十三公里的最後三十二點二公里路程，在攝氏五度的低溫中，從英國西南方的地角出發。
高夫說：「天氣很冷，不過一直有當地人過來給我們威士忌和其他東西。他們真的很友善，我們經過學校時，甚至有些家長拿攝影機出來拍我們」。
高夫是一名退役軍人，在二○○四年完成第一次裸體步行，他說他肯定還會嘗試這種驚人之舉。
他第一次裸體步行跨越英國時，因被逮捕十四次，服刑兩次而進度緩慢。
這次也發生相同狀況。二○○五年九月，他因在蘇格蘭首府 -- 愛丁堡的 A701 公路上赤裸步行，被以妨礙秩序的罪名逮捕入獄。
之後，他因為違反保釋令須服刑兩個月。
高夫和羅伯茲輕鬆完成最後一段旅程，不過卻因有人抱怨而被警方拘留兩次，包括生氣的教會牧師，不過他們並未因任何罪名被起訴。 （法新社）
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