So yesterday was the first real test of the travel sickness medication. I’ve suffered from motion sickness for as long as I can remember. car journeys, rail, rollercoasters, boats - especially boats always make me violently sick. Bearing in mind the coming year, by it’s very nature will involve quite a lot of, well, traveling, especially on unsurfaced roads and small boats, I went to see my GP, who was incredibly sympathetic and gave me these little pills that you stick under your gum 15 minutes before travelling, and some advice about nibbling ginger biscuits. She was much more understanding than my mother, who when she saw my ever increasing stash of medication for the trip, called me a weakling. I had intended to try out the pills before we left, when we were last over
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