The afternoon of the fleet is like the rest of the UK.
Busy locals hang out on the street, shop and walk with couples-in-
Stop at the organic coffee shop for a drink and a cake.
But the Hampshire community next to M3 has a more quirky side.
We used to vote for the happiest town in Britain, and now we know why there is such a sensation-
A YouGov poll shows that locals buy more vibrators than anywhere in the country.
It\'s an amazing statistic, but I realize that when I explore this place on the day the report makes headlines, the data is far from accurate.
The gender factor of the fleet is not obvious.
I don\'t know what I\'m looking forward to when I get into the \"capital of British sex toys\", but certainly not Iceland, five charity shops, but avoiding motorcyclists all day long.
I started trying to find all the sex goods stores that were busy making money.
Draw only one blank.
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You can now find the perfect room on \"airbnb for sex\" and then find a shop on the street called \"toy arena. Eureka!
But before I prepared my questions for Randy\'s customers, my excitement declined.
Not a toy store like that.
Cute bears are sold here.
I have better luck in my next store. Bingo!
In full view, it is a shelf full of transparent handcuffs, tape, glitter cups and sexy board games all in satin corset and sling
In a store run by the BlueCross Animal charity.
The boots were right next door and the first aisle I walked through had a full unit, six shelves high with sex supplies like condoms, lubricants, vibrators, etc.
They are all very popular, so buy-one-get-one-free offer on —
The gap on the shelves indicates that trade is active.
Then I stopped for a cup of coffee and 79-year-old Doris.
When I asked her if she was surprised by the latest fame in her town, her answer shocked me: \"I don\'t know much about sex toys.
But you know the fleet is a hot spot for his wife.
Exchange in their 70 s?
\"It\'s hard for me not to breathe in my funky glutenfree cookie.
Doris was right when I checked on Google.
Determined not to let the town flags fool me
Dressed in exterior, I did further digging online and tracked down Ann Summers\'s party plan in Hampshire, Tina Smith.
Tina, 53, has been holding racy get-
She admitted: \"The fleet is a small town with a big appetite.
\"Because of the aging population, one may think it cannot be the capital of sex toys.
People don\'t think older people are sexy types, but I can tell you the opposite is true.
The party in the fleet is going crazy.
\"The average cost at Ann Summers\'s party is about 50, but here they usually spend more and up to 70 on sex toys.
They use the party to buy goods.
The people here are very lucky.
\"I had a lot of parties in the fleet and they bought more toys than in other areas.
They may be a little older, but couples who have been together for a long time want to try it out.
\"They have more time to think about what they can do together, they get bored in the bedroom and want to spice things up.
The fleet also has more money than some places, so spend the money on more expensive toys.
Tina has a party for various age groups, but revealed that the most exciting thing is the elderly customers.
She said: \"In the 50-year-old fleet, I have a lot of female clients --
Who else bought the first toy from me and got hooked.
They start small and then let me come back with bigger and better toys.
A woman in her 60 s asked me to have three parties for her and her friends, all laughing and then joking and buying the latest toy to take home.
\"But these parties are always held at people\'s homes, not at the Town Hall.
It\'s the fleet thing, there\'s no sex store and people don\'t walk around and talk about their sex life.
But after closing the door, people have a real interest in it.
\"The most popular toy I sell to women here is the Rampant Rabbit vibrator.
Butmen here always want to upgrade to new toys.
Most people have partners who bring toys home, but I do sell to single ladies who want to play by themselves.
\"With this information, I went back to the street to fight the locals.
Retired photographer Alan Eayres, 80, and wife Hazel, 79, were street fashion designers who lived in the city for 30 years,
Hazel said, \"sex toys? Not at our age.
I don\'t know why this town is at the top of the list.
It\'s not sexy. most of us are people of our age.
\"All this must be done behind closed doors.
We moved here because it was very close to the highway, not because it had a sex store.
Karen Knight, a 57-year-old personal assistant, told me, \"Really?
My parents just moved to the fleet.
This is a very quiet place and you will not think of the vibrator.
\"It really makes you feel that maybe the elderly have a lot to do.
JasonCrickets, 34, a self
\"I was shocked. I never said it was a sexy town.
\"This is definitely not the kind of place where sex shops are everywhere.
I think you know a place, but you don\'t.
Teresa haimings, 51, who owns a fitness company in town, said: \"I obviously missed the event.
I work every day so I can\'t find time to do something like this, but obviously everyone else has it.
I guess you will never know everything about your neighbors, but obviously my neighbors are much more than I thought.
Aaron Perkins, a 21-year-old telemarketer, was also surprised.
\"I can\'t believe it. it makes me laugh,\" he said.
Everyone in the fleet is old, so I never expected that.
This may be because there is not much to do in the team and a lot of people don\'t work anymore, so it may get bored and think, \'Let\'s go get some toys \'.
\"I\'m single, but my ex
Girlfriend has sex toys we used.
It\'s funny and she likes it, so I guess there\'s no reason older women don\'t like it either.
\"There\'s obviously a lot going on in the fleet.
I have different ideas when I see people going out and walking around.
Nat Jones, an 18-year-old student, added: \"It\'s crazy to think about how popular sex toys are here.
Maybe the old people around have more secrets than they do.
\"One thing is for sure, now that the story has come out, people will move on to it. Rampantly.
Gender and relationship of the Sun
Dr. Pam spell, a ship expert, said: \"It\'s not surprising that couples are active in the fleet.
“These middle-
Class towns are often hot beds in Hanki. panky.
If life is orderly, for many middle classes
Class couples, boring can be fixed.
\"The couples are also keen to prevent things from happening, so they did the experiment.
They have lost any sense of taboo, so it\'s no more shameful to play with sex toys than bikini wax.
If you have extra cash, it\'s easier to buy sex toys.
\"Also, people with less stress, like those who are not too worried about the budget, have more space in sex games.