Lovely day, lovely ride up the coast, caught some sea air ...

... Totally bu88ered up by streaming eyes and an exploding nose - the inside of my lid will need scraping clean and disinfecting. No manner of potions and lotions did the trick today. Total pain in the arse, er... nose! Rant over.

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I too suffer......

However, I think, after 2 years of different combinations, I have found my answer.

Optrex Allergy Eye drops, used when the itching starts - Works a tread.

Loratadine 10mg, �2.99 for a months supply (supervised sales @ Asda), take one day, every day - this too works a treat.

High pollen days, Vaseline up the nose, feels awful to start, but give it an hour and the runny nose is sorted.

But the best remedy, riding your bike in sunny countries........


So what's your remedy to the old pollen, if you suffer at all ???

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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Dont have this problem but ive just got over a cold where it was like having hay fever cough or sneeze and all this stuff comes out right on to the chin bar .....lovely

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Plough on

sorry guys but i (am so lucky because I) don't suffer, one of my most favourite smells is fresh mown grass, really looking forward to the fields that surround my house being cut any day now,

I love the smell of fresh cut grass too - that ain't really an issue for us dribbly nose types as the grass/lawns never mature to produce pollen!

At the moment I am using the following array of potions (all of them at the same time), which generall keeps it in check unless it's really bad...

1) A month before the season take Pollena pollen tablets (8 a day) and eat as much local honey as I can (probably old wives tales, my Granny told me to do it, but can't do any harm and I like honey!)
2) Piriton tablets
3) Beconase nasal spray
4) Opticrom eye drops
5) Hay Max cream applied around the nostrils before a ride (homeopathic stuff, but works like vasolene)

I'd be open to any other suggestions, tried all sorts over the last 30 or so years. Anyone got a magic solution...?

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Ride in Spain....

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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Spanish grass still wastes me (just earlier in the year), Moroccan is even worse!

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand
In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people, and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy

I looked hard, found lots of benefits of joining the navy, but couldn't see any mention of a cure for hayfever?

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