Steamy winter sex for cold nights

Short winter days can spell disaster for our sex lives: work piling up, energy levels going down, miserable weather and not enough time to ourselves.

Well, sunny days, sea and sand may be far away, but sex need not be a distant memory. The temperature may be dropping, but if you keep the heat turned up in the bedroom department you'll soon banish the blues and sail through the winter months with a smile on your face!

Believe it or not, homo sapiens do not hibernate...so if cold, grey winter days and nights make you want to curl up under the duvet in fleecy pyjamas with a king-sized Dairy Milk for company until March, you need to follow our guide to steamy winter nights! By all means curl up under the sheets, but with your other half to keep you warm - and to bring out your true animal instincts...

Here's our guide to spicing up your sex life when the temperature starts to drop. Take our test, see our tips and take a look at some of our readers' experiences.