I love to travel and manage to do so quite a lot each year. But some methods of transport seem to suit me better than others.

For as long as I can remember I have suffered with travel sickness. When I was quite young this was mostly a problem with travelling to London by bus to stay with my Grandparents. The journey was always broken up by me having to get off part way through the journey and waiting for the next bus before continuing on.

Soon it was decided I was old enough to travel by myself by train, which was more expensive so I had to travel unaccompanied. I didn’t mind at all as I travel well on trains, not even a hint of sickness.

Small boats have always been a worry, I spent seven hours, once, on the floor of a rest room on a boat going to the Netherlands. So when I decided to go on a cruise I did worry a little about how I would cope. I took some recommended medication with me as a precaution but, as it happened, I had no symptoms at all. Not even when we suffered very choppy waters one evening and night. I believe it was because of the size of the ship and its stabilisers.

It’s mainly cars, buses and coaches that cause me the worst problems, I have had the most awful journeys trying hard to suppress the need to vomit until the next scheduled stop.

I have tried most remedies. The tablets my mother gave me as a child used to make me feel sick before I got in the car, wrist bands don’t work for me, ginger biscuits- very nice but have no effect.

The only thing that seems to reduce the symptoms is to lie flat, not always convenient especially if you are on a crowded coach. I always try to travel with a full stomach, I never read and I try to sit away from wheels or the back of a vehicle. Sitting at the front means you can look out the windscreen not a side window which seems to help.

As debilitating as this can be you must never let it stop you from travelling. You just have to find suitable methods of transport to reduce your problem, or perhaps see you doctor who may be able to help you travel more comfortably.