The Truth About... Sex in Unusual Places

For all those who have fled the bedroom to experience something precarious and exciting elsewhere (or thought very hard about it), this one's for you.

What's it all about?

According to a survey by Durex, the most common place to have sex outside the bedroom is in the car (50%), followed by toilets (39%), parent's bedroom (36%) and the park (31%). But the potential doesn't end there.

Sex in unusual places (SIUP) can be divided into several categories...

Category 1: 'Particularly Undignified'
This generally involves small spaces, fumbling with zips, falling over knickers and getting caught on gear sticks, broom handles or inside when they lock up for the night.

Likely venues include cupboards, staircases, stock rooms, stationary vehicles, toilets and cinemas.

Category 2: 'Going Back To Nature'
Throwing caution to the wind and underwear into the bushes, there are many who love being liberated from the confines of bricks and mortar.

Likely venues include hilltops, the sea, fields, woods and beaches (airfields, cemeteries, playing fields and balconies also fall into this category and are particularly popular at night).

Category 3: 'Around The Home'
It may be that SIUP 3 is the first tentative step on a slippery slope that will end up out the front door, but, for the minute, indulging passions on the parquet with no risk of interruption is good enough.

Other venues: the washing machine, in the shower, in the living room... You can probably work out the rest yourself.

Category 4: 'Miscellaneous'
If two people are really into the idea of having sex right here, right now, there is little to stop them - except the law.

Unlikely venues: offices, moving vehicles, libraries, climbing frames and swimming pools.

Why might I like it?

For some, it's the discomfort and concentration required to make it happen that gives them a thrill. It focuses the mind wonderfully on the physical.

Al fresco frolicking carries with it a sense of freedom, of air on skin, of being primal and primitive, of getting muddy, sandy and eaten by insects.

Risk junkies are drawn to SIUP. The threat of discovery and the need for urgency, speed and a blasé attitude to coming up with implausible excuses are all it takes to get the blood pumping.

Any tips on getting it right?

Although the Sexual Offences Act (2003) doesn't legislate specifically against it, sex in a very public place will get you charged with public order offences before you can say 'Sorry, officer, the tent must have blown away'.

But don't have sex in public toilets - that is illegal - and beware of getting riskily frisky abroad - different rules apply.

The law aside, in that frenzy of lust, you're unlikely to be dwelling on the enormous potential for embarrassment, but it might be worth just a teeny thought.

Recently, coastguards and police sped to the rescue when screams were heard from a rubber dinghy out at sea. They found a naked couple mid bonk which prompted a lifeboatman to reflect: 'I've never seen such things in a six-foot inflatable at such an early hour'.

However, it's not all doom and gloom...

For anyone who's fantasised about joining the mile high club but didn't fancy aircraft toilets, a helpful chap called Bob Smith recently launched a private jet service featuring a bed and bottle of champagne - classy! You pay him $299 (£160) each and the pilot will wear headphones.

Spontaneous? Well no, but with that amount of money involved, you'd certainly try to prolong the moment!

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