Charity streaking. While not the most well-known of fund-raising activities, for accidental exhibitionist Bristol boy Chris H, it's one that demands an act of sheer bravado. Egged on by a dare to jog au naturale down the lanes of Nailsea, just outside Bristol, and the promise of £500 pledged to his local charity, Chris decided to grin and bare it – even when the subzero temperatures meant the nude ramble could have been a public flop.

"It was a case of back to nature for charity – but I just wished that I'd accepted the bet in summer. It was brass monkeys," says Chris.

With his clothes off, Chris took one small step for man, then several hundred at full pelt in his birthday suit, sprinting down The Causeway into Nailsea and heading to the finish line of Silver Street (home to several churches – "it was a Sunday, what was I thinking?" he says).

It would have been fine if only my mates and a few early morning risers had gotten an eyeful, but Chris was passed by cars blowing their horns and flashing their lights.

"I thought that they were cheering me on," says Chris, "but actually when I got back to the top of the hill, I found out the drivers had nicked my clothes!"

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