There's something astir in the leafy lanes of old England! A sexual revolution is taking place behind net curtains in England's sleepy villages and all is revealed in the site The Village Ladies. Think of the film Calendar Girls and you've pictured what Village Ladies is all about - but better because the pictures are more candid.

The Ladies: The ladies are of every type of background and almost all are genuine amateurs. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder", as the bard put it, and these women range from ordinary to maturely good looking. More important though, they all have a sparkle in their eyes. You can tell they've really enjoyed being cheeky and taking part in this extraordinary web site. Ages range from 35 to 60 (apart from a couple of daughters who join in). The most popular job is healthcare/nursing with teacher/lecturer next. There's an accountant, a lawyer, an electrical engineer, a cook and a gardener. Some are semi-professional models but most are first timers. There's a couple of ladies who were professional models some 30 years ago and have come out of retirement to appear on the site.

Content: Almost all the photo content is home grown by the site's webmaster. Over 150 ladies feature in solo, duo, triplet and even one quartet photo sessions in an archive of nearly 80,000 images.

Updates: up to 8 village ladies and 300 pictures added weekly.

Let's face it - do most of us older guys really want to go out with a young woman? They might look good but most of the girls I know go clubbing several nights a week, can drink most blokes under the table and some have the manners of a barrel of ally cats. Now that doesn't mean I don't like looking at 'em. They look lovely walking down the street on a sunny day with their firm, curvy figures, lovely hair and clear skin but - and it's a big but - they don't often have the warmth, depth and charm of the older woman.

In the immortal words of the English poet Rupert Brooke:

Say, is there Beauty yet to find? And Certainty and Quiet kind? Deep meadows yet, for to forget The lies, and truths, and pain? ... oh! yet Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?

There most certainly is at The Village Ladies.