blackberrying injuries

[Milims]

A soap and sugar poltice works wonders for drawing out thorns and spelks etc. Its really easy - just put a but of soap onto the pad bit of a plaster - I use the jelly stuff you find in the soap dish or even liquid soap - and the sprinkle sugar onto the soap, the but it on the sore bit! I usually do it last thing at night and by the morning - hey presto no thorn!
Good luck
Helen and Chris

[Martin]

nice tip! - I fondly remember an ointment of my youth that did the same thing - slippery elm! - unfortunately, can't find it any more!

[Milims]

We've not used slippery elm but soap and sugar are always available

Agree with the lavender and tea tree thing though, wouldn't be without either of them, but as a joiner and a sparky we get our fair share of spelks from rough timber and the poltice is a good way of gettin rid of persistant splinters and such, came in handy after picking Sloes too

Chris and Helen

[mrsflibble]

for blackberry stains I can highly recommend baby dribble. for some reason, baby dribble sems to shift it from hands lol!

[digiveg]

Oblivion. The only solution. And what we're (probably) all aiming for, one way or another, anyway. At least for a few days (daze?).