Naked farmers are global hit after charity calendar goes global
Stewart Thain and his farmer friends have raised £3800 by selling the racy calendars all over the world.
A group of Scots farmers have proved they are the best barn none after their naked calendars went global.
Stewart Thain, 40, and his buddies from Keith, Moray, have sold hundreds of the revealing prints which are now hanging on people's walls all over the world, from Canada to New Zealand.
But despite baring all, Stewart and the boys admit their luck with the ladies has not changed.
Stewart said: "No, unfortunately I've not had any more attention from women, but at least the calender's sold pretty well.
"It was just a random idea we had while sitting in the boozer one day, so managing to shift all 500 copies in just 30 days was fantastic."
The pictures were taken during five different sittings, mostly at Stewart's farm at nearby Drummuir, with a whole host of agricultural props to cover the men's private parts.
Father-of-two Stewart said it was good fun, but admitted the cold northern chill was a problem for their pride.
He said: "Most of us are farmers, so we started off taking photographs at my family farm and another four different locations using typical farm items to cover ourselves.
"There's one with a neep in front of one of the guys, one of me beside a combine harvester, and one of an old vintage tractor.
"It was a good laugh, but for some of the photos it was too cold. It was only autumn at the time, but we did a photograph next to a Land Rover and that was by far the coldest one.
"We were right at the top of a hill, so it was just really, really cold. Needless to say, that was the quickest photo to take, it took less than 20 minutes to go from my house, to the guy with the Land Rover's house, to the top of the hill and back home again."
Dubbing themselves as The Nyakit Cheils or The Naked Men in the local Doric dialect - the group have gone on to raise £3800 for the charity Cash For Kids.
The photographs were taken for free by Kayleigh Thain, Stewart's daughter, and local businesses paid for the printing costs.
Within a month of distribution, the £7 calendars were sold out after being dispatched around Scotland and across the world.
Stewart said: "One calender went to Canada and another to New Zealand so I think it's fair to say my body is all over the world.
"We're delighted with managing to sell all of them, and to raise extra from donations was an added bonus."
