Tracey Simmonds - above - proffesional Pole dancer from the UK, amazingly strong..she would make a deadly climber! - Image by Jeff Ayliffe.

The 2009 Sexpo has come and gone, and once again, the reactions to the 4 day expo were mixed. I attended as an accredited photographer, and will admit to being a little unsure about exactly what I was going to find, having not been to last years expo. Once there, I was surprised at the variety of people who attended, and was pleasantly surprised by the lack of explicit 'porn'. The organisers claimed a fun, lifestyle expo that was geared towards average couples, and that was certainly the impression I got as young and old enjoyed a wide range of stands. At no stage did I feel in any way uncomfortable or intimidated, and whilst it's obviously not something to take your kids to see, it certainly had an element of fun and education that seemed to be enjoyed by everyone that was there.