Keep bugs away with an, ahem, pet care product...

It's always with great pleasure that we test new products here at GTC, so when a beautifully wrapped bar of soap called "Dirty Dog" arrived from Ishbel at www.naturallymadesoaps.co.uk we were more than happy to have a sniff.

One deep lungful and we were transported back to the magical scents of Asia, with green tea, citronella and tea tree wafting round the office.

"Blimey, smells like Thailand in here," commented Dan as he wandered in for a biscuit, "that's lovely!" Praise indeed from a man who is not normally known for his olfactory discernment.

We sent the soap off with one of our testers to Kho Samui for a month, and she reported that not only did she smell lovely, but that she was bitten less by bugs too, so if you are off to foreign parts and want a natural way to possibly help deter biting nasties, this lovely soap might be worth a try. It was only afterwards that when I was checking the weblink that I saw you could also wash your pet dogs with it.....