What a fantastic idea Maria. This reminds me of a party I went to in January where all the women were talking about bra sizes in the kitchen, and none of the men dare to enter for fear of being drawn into the conversation - it was a hoot.

I always carry vodka. It makes a fantastic face cleanser apart from anything else - I've even converted my husband. Pour it neat onto a cotton pad and clean away - you will be amazed!!! You can also use it for a multitude of other things (aside from drinking!!)

How many lady riders suffer from thrush or jock itch on long journeys? Me and my hubby did 10 days travelling through a very hot Europe last September wearing all our protective gear and boy was I suffering by the time I got back. Unfortunately (or fortunately) for the men in our lives, they don't suffer the symptoms, but they are carriers and we all now how much those nether regions get sweaty, even in cooler weather. So a tube of Canesten helps, or a Diflucan tablet (and if there are any curious/sensitive men reading this, please take note).

Not long now before you leave - I'm so jealous. If you need a contact for your mum in Cordoba you have my email address. If she's not on the internet you can send emails to me and I'll either post them on via snail mail, or we can ring her. Look forward to meeting up with you next year.

Interesting.
I've never heard this before.

Hi there, I'm kind of sad that my first post on the Hubb is about this, but I guess I have to start somewhere...

re:the Mooncup, (also a similar item known as Divacup). I can vouch for these as being great. I lived in South Korea a few years back and tampons etc were very poor quality/hard to find/expensive, so I used to load up with a year's supply on my annual holidays back home, which was such an wasted use of limited luggage space. I heard about the Divacup through an 'expat in Korea' website. I was initially very sceptical and extremely dubious, but decided to order one and try it out and it has proven to be the best thing since sliced bread. Perhaps a tad fiddly to get used to, but really easy to use once you've got it sorted. And now I'm just really annoyed that I didn't find out about it ages ago.

Of course they may not be for everyone, but for me, it's been well worth it.

About ten years or so ago I ran my own busines, which involved me delivering and installing computer systems allover the UK. To help deter car theives I always put the computer boxes inside the large cardboard boxes for sanitary towels. I never had my car broken into. I gues only literate theives looked into my car